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NHD Philly Projects Recognized at the NHD in PA contest
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Congratulations to all winners and participants!
Qualified for the national contest:
1st Place, Senior Group Documentary:
Silent Night: The Quaker Prison Experiment
Students: Kejsi Ruka, Yasmine Mezoury
School: Central High School
Teacher: Elliott Drago
1st Place, Senior Individual Exhibit:
The Ongoing Struggle for Black Representation
Student: Taryn Flaherty
School: Masterman
Teacher: Liz Taylor
2nd Place, Senior Individual Website:
The Children's Crusade: Taking Big Matters into Little Hands
Student: Nia Weeks
School: Masterman
Teacher: Liz Taylor
2nd Place, Senior Paper:
For the Love of Hip Hop: The Genre's Triumphs and Tragedies
Student: Tatiana Bennett
School: Masterman
Teacher: Liz Taylor
2nd Place, Junior Paper:
Dealing with The Devil: The Triumph and Tragedy of IBM’s Business with the Third Reich
Student: Harry Murphy
School: St. Peter’s School
Teacher: Marian Gibfried
Finalists:
3rd Place, Senior Individual Exhibit:
"You've Got Bad Blood": The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Student: Eleanor Grauke
School: Masterman
Teacher: Liz Taylor
3rd Place, Senior Individual Website:
Walkouts for Black History: The Fight for Our Story
Student: Alison Fortenberry
School: Masterman
Teacher: Liz Taylor
3rd Place, Senior Group Website:
Bringing Our Own Seat to the Table: The Flawed Triumph of the Suffragettes
Students: Anastasia Volyanyuk, Maab Taha, Gladys Ramos
School: Central High School
Teacher: Elliott Drago
4th Place, Senior Group Documentary:
Female Pioneers: The End of Central's Male Elite
Students: Isabella Greene, Emmett Gordon, Lily Cohen
School: Central High School
Teacher: Elliott Drago
5th Place, Junior Group Documentary:
Struggle for a Cure: The Triumph and Tragedy of the Treatment of Yellow Fever in 1793 Philadelphia
Students: Aidan Cusack, Cindy Bui
School: St. Peter’s School
Teacher: Marian Gibfried
5th Place, Senior Group Exhibit:
COINTEPRO: Hoover's Plot to Destroy Black Activism
Students: Aden Gonzales, Zachary Wray
School: Masterman
Teacher: Liz Taylor
5th Place, Senior Group Performance:
The Harlem Renaissance: "Pain Swallowed in a Smile"
Students: Aylin Ergin, Caroline Bach, Virginia Yu, Irene Yarovoi
School: Masterman
Teacher: Liz Taylor
6th Place, Senior Group Website:
The Death of Emmett Till and the Birth of the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Students: Vinyae Graham, Dayonna Person
School: Constitution High School
Teacher: Michael Mander
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