Finalist: Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work and the Family from Slavery to the Present , by Jacqueline Jones (Basic Books )
The Jury
The Jury
C. Vann Woodward(Chair)*
Sterling Professor of History, Emeritus, Yale University
Catherine Clinton
Professor of History, Harvard University
Bertram Wyatt-Brown
Professor of History, University of Florida
Winners in History
1986 Prize Winners
Jimmy Breslin
For columns which consistently champion ordinary citizens.
Donal Henahan
For his music criticism.