The award goes to the best book written by a professional historian on the fights for civil rights in the United States anytime from 1776 to the present.
[1] Dr. Darlene Clark Hine[2] challenged American historians to research and write on those civil rights episodes taking place in the United States before 1954 in her 2002 OAH presidential speech.
[5] The Award Winner receives a monetary prize that ranges $1000 and $2000.
[8] In the table below, the link on the "Author" is to the latest biographical site found.
The link on the "Affiliation" is the author's workplace at the time of the award.