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 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 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 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 : 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