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What's New at the Gilder Lehrman Center Pioneering the History of Black Britain: A Conference in Honor of James Walvin This one-day conference will be held on Friday, November 12, 2010, at Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue. It honors James Walvin, one of the great scholars of the Transatlantic slave trade, and a pioneer in the unearthing the history of Black Britain. (more...) Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalists Yale University's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, has announced the finalists for the Twelfth Annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize. (more...) American Counterpoint: New Approaches to Slavery and Abolition in Brazil Gilder Lehrman Center's 12th Annual International Conference. October 29-30, 2010. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. For more information visit www.yale.edu/glc/brazil/index.htm Middle Passages: A Shared History of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Gilder Lehrman Center Hosts Teachers from Ghana in Summer Institute to Study the Transatlantic Slave Trade New Haven, CT (more). "What Gives the Confederacy Its Staying Power?" by David Blight The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA), Friday, July 23, 2010 Charleston Claims First Memorial Day Celebration (WCIV TV, Charleston, May 31, 2010) A news report from WTIC TV, Charleston, on the recent commemoration, featuring GLC executive director David Blight. See photos. Yale Slavery and Abolition Portal Sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Center and the Instructional Technology Group, the Yale Slavery and Abolition Portal is designed to help researchers and students find primary source material related to slavery and its legacies within the university's many libraries and galleries. The Bibliography of Slavery and World Slaving A joint project of the University of Virginia and the Gilder Lehrman Center, the Bibliography of Slavery is a searchable database containing references to approximately 25,000 scholarly works in all academic disciplines and in all western European languages on slavery and slaving, worldwide and throughout human history, including modern times. 2009 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winner Announced Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor of Law at New York Law School, Professor of History at Rutgers University-Newark, and Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard University, has been selected as the winner of the 2009 Frederick Douglass Book Prize, awarded for the best book written in English on slavery or abolition. Gordon-Reed won for her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family (W.W. Norton and Company). [Press Release] Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness The Gilder Lehrman Center, in partnership with ACES, the New Haven area's Regional Educational Service Center, has been awarded a three- to five-year Teaching American History grant through the Department of Education for New Haven area teachers. For program information and teaching resources, visit the program website. Citizens All: African Americans in Connecticut, 1700-1850 Follow the African American journey to citizenship and uncover paths that lead to current global issues and hometown stories of yesteryear. Visit the Citizens All website at http://www.yale.edu/glc/citizens/index.html.