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Cheikh Anta Diop Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the field of Africana Studies, National Council for Black Studies (NCBS), 2010
Shadow of the Racketeer
Winner of Labor Historys Prize for the best book on labor history, 2010.
King of the Queen City
Awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) for Best Research in Record Labels, 2010
Christian America and the Kingdom of God
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010.
Harlem vs. Columbia University
Received the Northeast Black Studies Associations inaugural Phillis Wheatley Prize, 2010.
Record Makers and Breakers
Awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) for Best Research in Recorded Rock and Popular Music, 2010
Postmodern American Literature and Its Other
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010.
The 1933 Chicago World's Fair
Recipient of the Smithsonian Institution Secretarys Research Prize, 2010.
A New Language, A New World
Winner of a 2010 American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation
Sojourner Truth's America
Winner of the inaugural 2010 OAH Darlene Clark Hine Award. A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010. Co-winner of the 2009 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award.
Sweet Tyranny
Winner of the Richard L. Wentworth/Illinois Award in American History, 2010.
Beyond the Black Lady
Received an honorable mention for the National Womens Studies Associations Gloria E. Anzaldua Book Prize, 2010.
Normative Theories of the Media
Awarded the Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award for best research-based book on journalism/mass communication, 2010.
Staley
Awarded the Certificate of Superior Achievement by the Illinois State Historical Society, 2010. Awarded the C.L.R. James Prize for Best Book in Working-Class Studies by the Working-Class Studies Association, 2010. Tied for Best Book related to the field of Labor Studies published in 2007-2009 from the United Association for Labor Educators (UALE), 2010.
And They Were Wonderful Teachers
Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), 2010.
Beauty Shop Politics
Winner of the 2010 Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Award.
The Invention of Hebrew
Awarded the Frank Moore Cross Award, presented by the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), 2010. Finalist in Scholarship category of the 2009 National Jewish Book Awards.
Radio's Hidden Voice
Winner of the Best Book in Journalism and Mass Communication given by the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2010.
Stolen Bases
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010.
Film and Attraction
Author received the Jean Mitry Prize given by the Giornate del Cinema Muto, honoring individuals who contribute to the advancement of history and recognition of silent cinema, 2010.
• Winner of the Critics' Choice Award
• Commended of the Anzaldua (Gloria E.) Book Prize
• Winner of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards (ARSC)
• Winner of the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation (LAWCHA)
• Winner of the Lerner-Scott Prize in Women's History -- OAH
• Winner of the John Heinz Award, National Academy of Social Insurance
• Winner of the Choice: Outstanding Academic Titles
• Winner of the WHEATLEY (PHILLIS) PRIZE
• Winner of the Choice: Outstanding Academic Titles
• Winner of the American Book Awards
• Winner of the Smithsonian Institution Secretary's Research Prize
• Winner of the Cheikh Anta Diop Award, National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)
• Winner of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards (ARSC)
• Winner of the Frank Moore Cross Award -- American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)
• Winner of the Jean Mitry Prize --Le Giornate del Cinema Muto
• Winner of the Darlene Clark Hine Award
• Winner of the Choice: Outstanding Academic Titles
• Winner of the Mott (Frank Luther) Award
• Winner of the KANNER (BARBARA PENNY) PRIZE
• Winner of the Herbert G. Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation (LAWCHA)
• Winner of the Letitia Woods Brown Prize
• Winner of the Best Journalism & Mass Communication History Book Award (AEJMC)
• Winner of the Labor History Book Prize
• Winner of the ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AWARDS
• Winner of the C.L.R James Award for Published Books for Academic or General Audiences
• Winner of the United Association for Labor Education (UALE) - Best Book Award
• Winner of the Choice: Outstanding Academic Titles
