Mr. Robert Sandler shares that he took 40 of his AP U.S. History students to the Yale Club to attend the Frederick Douglass Book Prize Award. It was the first time in the history of the award (over twenty years) that a black female won this great honor! In fact, this year, both semi-finalists and the two co-finalists were all black women. Erica Dumbar’s talk on her book, Never Caught: The Washington’s’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge was incredibly powerful! Tiya Miles, whose great grandfather was a slave, shared her research from her book, The Dawn of Detroit which chronicles the untold history of Detroit’s Slavery. Both historians also discussed the challenges of being a black female historian and writing about black female slaves. Senior, Kenny Wong, was the moderator during the student Q & A!
Mr. Sandler shared it was a moving experience. (photos courtesy of Mr. Sandler)
