Congratulations to all of the participants in National History Day Philly this year!
Individual Performance
1st Place
Candelaria B.: “The Echo of Your Soul’s Unrest”: Frances Harper’s Advocacy for Black Women’s Suffrage
Individual Exhibit
1st place
Ella B.: How Four Dolls Changed America: The Psychological Perspective on Brown v. Board
3rd place
Grace P.: Books in Black and White: Debate and Diplomacy on White Involvement in the Harlem Renaissance
Group Documentaries
1st place
Rennie L., Yassmine M., Joanna W.: Banana Skirts, Babies, and Bankruptcy: How Debates over Josephine Baker’s Career Led to the Revolution of the Entertainment Industry
2nd place
Havana C., Lachlan P.: The Tuskegee Study: Racism, Mistrust, and the Transformation of Modern Bioethics
Individual Documentaries
1st place
Anna P.: Building up to Brown: Thurgood Marshall’s Strategy Towards Ending Segregation
3rd place
Gavriela K.S.: Bloody Sunday and the Voting Rights Act: Debate and Diplomacy from Selma to the Ballot
Honorable Mention
Nicole T.: Redlining Redefined: Debate, Diplomacy, and the Devastating Legacy of Housing Discrimination
Historical Paper
1st place
Bronte S.: “It Is a Terror …That Men Should Be Handeled So in Pennsylvania:” Early Quaker Reasoning, Debate, and the Abolitionist Influence of The Germantown Friends’ Protest Against Slavery
2nd place
Tino K.: “Potential Rivals in the Struggle to Earn a Living:” The Debate over Civil War Conscriptions That Ignited a Civilian Insurrection
3rd place
Anya F.: “We Bear the Biggest Burdens:” The Diplomacy of Black Female Athletes during the Civil Rights Era
Group Website
1st place
Joshua C. and Nicolas D.: The Compromise of 1850: Diplomatic Efforts to Unite a Divided Nation
Individual Website
1st place
Sofiat B.: “Virtue Knows No Color Line:” Ida B. Wells’ Use of Debate and Diplomacy in the Women’s Suffrage Movement to Advocate for Racial Justice
2nd place
Queen C.: “I Am a Man:” How Black Sanitation Workers Challenged Racial Inequality
3rd place
Jessica H.: Loving v. Virginia: A Momentous Step for Desegregation in America