Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2002) Winner
Diane McWhorter
レベッカ・ダイアン・マクウォーター
Diane McWhorter
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1952-11-01 （Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. → Massachusetts (Boston area)
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, commentator, author
- Active Years
- 1974-
- Affiliations
- Board of Contributors, USA Today Forum Page, Boston magazine (former managing editor), Society of American Historians, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (Fellow), American Academy in Berlin (Holtzbrinck Fellow / Berlin Prize)
- Memberships
- Society of American Historians
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesley College | — | — | 学士 | 1970–1974 | United States |
Wellesley College
Degree:
学士
Period:
1970–1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction | Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution | — | The Pulitzer Prizes | 受賞 |
| 2002 | J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize | Carry Me Home | — | Nieman Foundation (J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project) | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Berlin Prize | — | — | American Academy in Berlin | 受賞 |
| 2002 | The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism | Carry Me Home | — | The Hillman Foundation | 受賞 |
Guggenheim Fellowship
2009
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
2002
Work:
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
Organization:
The Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
受賞
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
2002
Work:
Carry Me Home
Organization:
Nieman Foundation (J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project)
Result:
受賞
Berlin Prize
2007
Organization:
American Academy in Berlin
Result:
受賞
The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism
2002
Work:
Carry Me Home
Organization:
The Hillman Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
1 appearances
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Edition 44 (2002) Winner
Works
Major Works
Carry Me Home: Birmingham, Alabama, the Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution
2001 Nonfiction / HistoryA detailed history of Birmingham, Alabama in the civil rights era, reconstructing the events, institutional racism, and conflicts that made the city a focal point of the movement.
civil rights movementracismSouthern social historyinstitutional violence
A Dream of Freedom
2004 Young adult nonfiction / HistoryAn accessible overview of the civil rights movement for young readers, presenting key events and figures.
civil rights educationintroductory history
Bibliography
- Carry Me Home (2001)
- A Dream of Freedom (2004)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- rigorous archival-based narrative nonfictionnarrative-driven, accessible historical writing
- Recurring Motifs
- institutionalized racismpower dynamics in the American Southconflict between individuals and institutions in local history
Legacy
McWhorter's Carry Me Home is acclaimed as a rigorously researched, accessible account of the civil rights struggle in Birmingham; it won the Pulitzer Prize and other honors and has contributed to public understanding and scholarship on civil rights history.
Academic Societies
- Society of American Historians
Quotes
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"By, you know, rooting for a black man, you were kind of betraying every principle that you had been raised to believe, and I remember thinking 'what would my father think if he saw me fighting back these tears when Tom Robinson gets shot?' It was a really disturbing experience; to be crying for a black man was so taboo."
Source: Interview / recollection about viewing To Kill a Mockingbird (2011)
Trivia
- Married Richard Dean Rosen in 1987; they have two children.
- Graduated from Wellesley College in 1974.