The SAH | Places | Graham Foundation Prize

Balancing business demands and the desire to bolster African American communities, Black-owned insurance companies of the 20th century were caught in an actuarial double bind.

Blending sound studies, geography, and urbanism, Myers’ essay and lecture will focus on the spatial politics of urban listening.

We are now accepting applications for the 2025 SAH | Places | Graham Foundation Prize on Race and the Built Environment. Applications are due April 28, 2025.

Speaking to an audience at the Graham Foundation in Chicago, SAH | Places Prize winner Ginger Nolan delivered her prize lecture on African American-owned insurance companies.

We are pleased to announce that Ginger Nolan is the recipient of the inaugural SAH | Places Prize on Race and the Built Environment.

Applications are now being accepted for the SAH | Places Prize on Race and the Built Environment, a collaboration between the Society for Architectural Historians and Places Journal.

Places Journal is collaborating with the Society of Architectural Historians on a new prize supporting innovative public scholarship on race and the built environment.