FINALISTS AWARDS
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Award for Excellence in Legal History
Davis Parks and Monroe Torkelson Maine West High School Gunning for Control: The Morton Grove Handgun Ban
Burnham Plan Centennial Award
Traolach O’Sullivan Independent Scholar - Jones College Prep High School Conflict & Compromise: The Fight to Preserve Grant Park
Chicago Jewish Historical Society Award
Jeremy Chizewer, Grant Fishman, and Jamal Nimer University of Chicago Lab Schools High School Conflict and Compromise in Skokie: The ACLU Defends the Nazis' Right to March
Chicago Women’s History Award Sponsored by the Chicago Women’s History Center
Rebeka Krochmal Maine South High School National Women's Trade Union League
Julia Miller Lincoln Park High School Frances Willard: Conflict and Compromise Over Racial and Gender Equality
Clarence Darrow Memorial Award Sponsored by the Clarence Darrow Commemorative Committee
Andy Chen and Yanwen Wei Westinghouse College Prep High School Clarence Darrow and the Trial of Capital Punishment
First Division Museum at Cantigny Award for Military History Sponsored by the First Division Museum at Cantigny
Amanda Hiller Maine South High School The Right to Fight
Ethan Norwood Westinghouse College Prep High School African American Soldiers in WWI
Hamill Award for Immigration History
Meghan Lotti and Lindsey Nakoff Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences Lager Beer Riots of 1855
Hull House History Award
Kate Howard Nazareth Academy Florence Kelley and the Battle Against Child Labor
Aleena del Rosario Von Steuben High School Ellen Gates Starr Counteracts Industrialization
Hyde Park Township Historical Society Award Sponsored by the Hyde Park Township Historical Society
Sohil Manek, Nicholas Merchant, and Teddy Neer University of Chicago Lab Schools High School Laughter Is The Best Weapon: Dick Gregory's Hilarious Fight for Civil Rights
Tobin Ginschel, Ellory Morro, and Sarah Rovner Lincoln Park High School Harold Washington and the Council Wars
Illinois Institute of Technology Lewis College of Human Sciences Award for History Sponsored by the Dean of the Lewis College of the Illinois Institute of Technology
Sarah Liston and Marina Orrico Maine West High School Emil H. Grubbe: The Conflict of Success in Failure
Jaconetty Award for the History of Italian Chicago
Grace Galante Regina Dominican High School Florence Scalia: An Italian-American Hero
John D’Emilio Award for LGBTQ History Sponsored by the Gerber-Hart Library and Archives
Christian Cano, Grace D’Onofrio, and Klavdia Georges Nazareth Academy Daniel Sotomayor: The Fight Against AIDS
Julianne Ballard and Aurora Flores Gaytan Waukegan High School From Protests to Parades: A Story of LGBT+ Pride
Judith Baar-Topinka Memorial Award for the History of Women in Government Sponsored by the Judy Baar-Topinka Foundation
Kathleen Rabbitt Regina Dominican High School Byrne Playing With Fire: Jane Byrne and the Firefighters Strike
Keating Award for 19th Century Chicago History
James Fairchild Nazareth Academy The I & M Canal and its Impact on Chicago's History
Ken Rabe and Grace Rabe Nilsen Memorial Award for Superior Work in the Study of the Eastland Disaster
Marycruz Olague, Olivia Perkins, and Magda Zarebski Maine West High School The Fall of the Eastland
Latinx Chicago History Award
Delilah Mercado and Jesus Merida Westinghouse College Prep High School The Puerto Rican Division Street Riots of 1966
Leon Despres Memorial Award for Legal/Political History Sponsored by the Friends of Leon Despres
Juhui Jin Lincoln Park High School The Shakman Decrees
Les Orear Memorial Award for Labor History Sponsored by the Illinois Labor History Society
Samuel Stade and Sebastian Valerio East Aurora High School The Haymarket Affair: The Riot That Continues to Influence Labor Rights
Lincoln History Award
Ben Gorashchenko Vernon Hills High School The Impact and Significance of the Lincoln vs. Douglas Debates
Loyola University Urban History Award Sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago, Department of History
Brody Drake, Sam Essex, Lucas Hansen, and Amar Jerath Payton College Prep High School The Young Lords: Amplifying the Latino Voice
Obenshain Award for Performing Arts History
Arianna Estrada, Kira Ibarra, and Allyson Zano Von Steuben High School Katherine Dunham: Dancing her Way through Discrimination
Lucy Dalton Grayslake North High School Setting the Stage for Civil Rights
Outstanding Historical Scholarship Award of the Chicago Principals and Administrators Association
Lincoln Becker and Ava Schlossman Payton College Prep High School Call Jane: The Jane Collective of Chicago, IL and their Influence on Revealing the Necessity for Safe Abortion
Payton Fleming and Kritine Schoenecker Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences Disability is not Inability
Efrain Cifuentes Prosser Career Academy The Power of the Pen: Ida B. Wells and her Endeavor to Fight Discrimination
Polk Bros. Foundation Award Sponsored by the Polk Bros. Foundation
Asha Hasan Roosevelt High School Who Chooses Which Backyard? Toxic Waste in Chicago
Quentin Young Memorial Award for Public Health History
Cecille Graham, Isabella Graham, Emily Mendoza, and Christian Molina Payton College Prep High School Howard Brown Memorial Clinic
Raymond and Janice Trembacki Education History Sponsored by Mark and Debra Trembacki
Jessica Gramajo Roosevelt High School The Hunger for Education
Richard Brown Award for Chicago History Sponsored by the Friends of Richard Brown Fund
Ashley Herrera and Shannon Liang Payton College Prep High School The Pullman Strike: A Landmark in the Fight for Labor Rights
Robert R. McCormick Foundation Award for Bill of Rights History Sponsored by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation
Max Battle Niles North High School The Illinois Black Laws: The Fulcrum of Civil Rights
Roosevelt University Center for New Deal Studies Award for Social Justice History Sponsored by the Center for New Deal Studies, Roosevelt University
Natally Brookson, Juharh Ghasim, Gina Sawa, and Christina Sawa Roosevelt High School Life or Death: Capital Punishment
Studs Terkel Center for Oral History Award Marianne Chu, Jessica Lechuga, and Giselle Thompson Waukegan High School Urban Renewal in Waukegan
Timuel Black Award for African-American History Sponsored by the Friends of Timuel Black
Maggie Rivera Payton College Prep High School We Accuse: A Legacy of Broken Promises and the Tragedy of Integration Efforts in Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago Richard J. Daley Special Collections Research Award Sponsored by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections
Leslye Calvillo Prosser Career Academy The Jane Collective: How Jane Illegally Provided Safe Abortions
Women's Right to Vote History Award Sponsored by the League of Women Voters Chicago
Grace Budill and Mia Rogers Meliora High School Fight for Freedom: The Story of Women's Suffrage
Emily Neis, Brynn Ramos, Nubia Roman, Sarah Ruiz, and Hana Zecic Lincoln Park High School Agnes Nestor: Labor Leader
Working Class History Award Sponsored by the Friends of the Chicago Center of Working Class Studies
Daniel Bright and Kennedy McClinton Ogden International High School The AAPL vs The CPD
North Central College Scholarship Amineh Ayyad Aqsa High School
Loyola University Chicago Scholarship Jenna Kozak Nazareth Academy
DePaul University Scholarship Jessica Gramajo Roosevelt High School