AAHGS Announces Their 2023 Book Award Winners

Washington, DC, October 28, 2023 --(PR.com)-- On October 19, 2023 the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) announced their 2023 International Book Award Winners.

AAHGS held its Virtual Awards Ceremony during the AAHGS Annual Conference which took place on October 18 – 21, 2023. During that ceremony, the 2023 International Book Award Winners were announced.

The International AAHGS Book Awards (IABA) is a competitive contest established to recognize, promote, and honor authors of high-quality publications that accurately examine and portray African-ancestored family history and genealogy in a wide variety of genres both fiction and non-fiction, for adults and young readers.

AAHGS congratulates the International Book Award winners for their outstanding accomplishments.

Announcing 2023 International AAHGS Book Awards Winners:

Dr. Jaky B., Ed.D. and Kendra D. Banks - The Black Mermaid: Topaz’s First Integration (RIB Publishing)

Bernice Alexander Bennett - Black Homesteaders of The South (The History Press)

Jonnie Ramsey Brown - You Promised To Do No Harm (Lioncrest Publishing)

Charles L. Chavis, Jr - The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State (Johns Hopkins University Press)

Edwards Reynolds Davis, Jr. - Echoes from Rachel: African Hollow - The Reynolds Family of Pulaski, Tennessee (Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing)

David J. Mason - The Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: The Escape from Enslavement in Southhampton County, Virginia (IngramSpark)

Alvin J. Schexnider - Mayfield and Schexnider: Portrait of a Family (Shortwood Press)

Dr. Shantella Sherman - POP – EU: Popular Eugenics in Television and Film (Independent Amazon)

Andrea White - My Adoption: A Max Brown Adventure for Kids Aged 3-7 (Self-published on Amazon)

More information on the International Book Awards and the conference can be found at www.aahgs.org

About AAHGS
The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. is a non-profit membership organization that strives to preserve African ancestral family history, genealogy, and cultural diversity by teaching research techniques and disseminating information throughout the community. Our primary goals are to promote scholarly research, provide resources for historical and genealogical studies, create a network of persons with similar interests, and assist members in documenting their histories.

Media Contact: Adrian White pr@aahgs.org