The award recognizes projects annually that contribute “to a broader public reflection and appreciation of the past or that serves as a model of professional public history practice.” The major national professional organization in the field of public history, the NCPH strives to make the past useful in the present and promote collabora
Local historians Dino Robinson Jr. and Jenny Thompson won a national award Wednesday for their report on Evanston’s history of racial discrimination. The report, titled “Evanston Policies and Practices Directly Affecting the African American Community” serves as the legal basis for the city’s reparations initiative. The National Council on Public History, a professional membership organization.