The Erik Barnouw Award—also known as the OAH Erik Barnouw Award—is named after the late Erik Barnouw, a Columbia University historian and professor who was a specialist in mass media. The OAH -- Organization of American Historians -- gives one or two awards annually to recognize excellent programs, from mass media or documentary films, that relate to American history or further its study. The award was first presented in 1983.
List of winners 1983 – Brooklyn Bridge 1984 – Vietnam: A Television History 1985 – Solomon Northup's Odyssey / The Legacy of Harry Truman 1986 – Huey Long 1987 – no award 1988 – Radio Bikini / The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis 1989 – Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo 1990 – Adam Clayton Powell 1991 – Eyes on the Prize 1992 – Coney Island / Color Adjustment 1993 – In the White Man's Image 1994 – At the River I Stand 1995 – Freedom on My Mind 1996 – America's War 1997 – The West 1998 – The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie 1999 - A Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America 2000 - I’ll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Art 2001 - Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore 2002 - Scottsboro: An American Tragedy 2003 - The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It 2004 - Partners of the Heart 2005 - Reconstruction: the Second Civil War 2006 - Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power 2007 - The Gold Rush 2008 - Through Deaf Eyes 2009 - Wings of Defeat 2010 - Passage 2011 - The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers 2012 - The Pruitt-Igoe Myth 2013 - Death and the Civil War 2014 - Honor & Sacrifice: The Roy Matsumoto Story 2015 - The Roosevelts: An Intimate History 2016 - No más bebés 2017 - The Mine Wars 2018 - The Vietnam War 2019 - The Chinese Exclusion Act 2020 - Chasing the Moon 2021 - The People Vs. Agent Orange 2022 - Look Away, Look Away 2023 - The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks 2024 - Atomic Cover-Up 2025 - The Riot Report 2026 - Bombshell
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External links http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/01/07/erikBarnouw.html