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103rd Annual Conference in Indianapolis, Oct.3-7,2018 Registration is now open! Register online, by mail or by phone today. We look forward to seeing you there.

103rd Annual Conference Promotional Video

Join us for an exciting program full of informative and inspiring sessions, featuring prominent figures in black cultural studies and special events. Click here to learn more.

Plenary Sessions

Saturday, October 6, 2018, African Americans and the Great War

Annual Conference, Sponsor and Promotional Opportunities

JAAH article received a Maria Stewart Prize Honorable Mention

Named after the pioneering abolitionist and women’s rights activist-intellectual, the Maria Stewart Prize recognizes the best journal article concerning black intellectual history published in 2017. The winner receives $500, an award certificate, and a featured spot on Black...

103nd Annual Meeting & Conference Presenter Info & Call for Papers – DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JUNE 15

The 2018 ASALH Program Committee invites proposals for individual papers, entire sessions, presentations, performances, films, round-tables, workshops, conversations, or alternative formats dealing with the 2018 theme, “African Americans in Times of War,” which...

Dallas-Fort Worth branch of one of the nation’s top black history study groups is up and running

Some local black history pundits were approved this month to form a Dallas-Fort Worth branch of one of the...

ASALH Announces 2018 Black History Theme, African Americans in Times of War

The 2018 theme, “African Americans in Times of War,” commemorates the centennial of the end of the First World...

ASALH Partners with Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson

WASHINGTON — The Executive Council of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is...

Juneteenth Black History Bowl

ASALH Memphis played pivotal roles in the Juneteenth annual Black History Bowl for high school seniors on Saturday, June...