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The Association for the Study of African American Life and
History (ASALH) is soliciting papers and panels for its upcoming
95th Annual Convention. This year’s
conference theme is: “The
History of
Black Economic Empowerment.” Although the
program
committee welcomes papers and panels on any aspect
of African and African American history and
culture, special
preference will be given
to submissions directly related to this
year’s theme.


Using a wide variety of disciplines, this year’s conference seeks
to explore many important aspects of African American
economic life historically. Although the
majority of peoples of
African descent
in the Americas were enslaved laborers until the
1880s, even
under the various colonial and national regimes
African Americans transferred many of their
economic institutions
and practices
from Africa to the New World, and adaptations
were made in
the new economic and political environment.
During the era of slavery collective economic
activities in South
America and the
Caribbean such as the creation of African
markets were pursued
to supplement the often meager provisions
offered by slaveholders. With emancipation beginning
in the
British West Indies in the
1830s, African peoples acquired small
parcels of land that were
used for economic advancement. The
conference plans to explore the economic practices and

institutions developed by African Americans making the transition
from slavery to freedom.


In the post-emancipation years, African Americans developed a
wide variety of capitalistic and cooperative economic activities. In
addition to the huge increase
in property ownership between the
1860s and early 1900s, African American entrepreneurs and

businesses emerged and many prospered providing goods and
services to the separate African
American market. Papers
providing scholarly analyses of the emergence of black
businesses and entrepreneurs will be given particular attention.
Institutions formed to assist and improve the
economic conditions
for black
workers in various parts of the country will also be
examined.
This year marks the centennial of the National Urban
League and we plan to explore its role in
advancing the economic
circumstances for black workers and migrants to urban areas in
the United States.

Given the recent changes in the global economy, papers offering
comparative and/or interdisciplinary analyses of the impact of the
larger political
economy on African American economic life in the
past and currently are particularly welcome.


The deadline for the submission of paper and panel
proposals is
30 April 2010. Proposals should be submitted
electronically and should include: Title of paper or
panel, author
(s) and affiliation(s),
an abstract of paper or panel of 200-250
words, and all contact
information. Proposals should be
submitted to: http://www.asalh.org/callforpapers.html

Academic Program Chair, Carlton E. Wilson, at cwilson@nccu.
edu
.
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Papers.
Founders of Black History Month
All program
participants must be
members by April
30th, 2010.  All
participants must
register by August 1,
2010 in order to be
included in the
program. The
membership year is
January 1 -
December 31.
95th Annual ASALH Convention
Raleigh, NC
September 29 - October 3, 2010
Call for Papers