Eighteen books were recognized as winners or finalists. Among the history finalists: a study of how the Anishinaabeg people resisted the taking of their land and protected their people, a book edited by Williamsburg's Omohundro Institute.
Hernan Diaz and Barbara Kingsolver each received a fiction prize, and the Washington Post journalists Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa won the nonfiction prize for “His Name is George Floyd.”
here with this now, history professor from tufts university and founding director for the center of race and democracy, pe peniel joseph, who is also the author of stokely: a live. last time i was here you were stumped by my name. peniel comes from the bible and it literally means i have seen the face of god and i still live. that s beautiful. what did you think about the last time you were on the show?