Garnette Cadogan, Independent Scholar, New York City, New York
The Myriad Roots of Jamaican Popular Music
Mr. Cadogan conducted research at the Columbia College’s Center for Black Music Research, Chicago Public Library Special Collection, and the Melville J. Herskovits Collection at Northwestern University.
Melanie Chambliss, PhD candidate, African American Studies and American Studies, Yale University
Saving the Race: Black Archives and their Conceptualization of African American History, 1914-1968
Ms. Chambliss conducted research at Chicago Public Library’s Vivian G. Harsh Collection and the University of Chicago Special Collections.
Rev. Mark Koschmann, PhD candidate, American Studies, St. Louis University
African American Religious Communities and Urban Activism on Chicago’s West Side, 1950-1970
Rev. Koschmann conducted research at the Chicago History Museum, West Side church organizations, Chicago Public Library’s Vivian G. Harsh Collection, and the University of Illinois, Chicago Special Collections.
Austin McCoy, PhD candidate, Department of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Chicago Works Together: Progressive Black Governance and Economic Development during the Harold Washington Administration, 1983-1987
Mr. McCoy conducted research at Chicago Public Library’s Vivian G. Harsh Collection and Special Collections, the University of Illinois, Chicago Special Collections, and the Chicago History Museum.