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

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...

Call for Posters 103rd Annual Meeting and Conference African Americans in Times of War

The 2018 ASALH Program Committee invites submissions for posters that address the conference theme, “African Americans in Times of War,” but any timely subject of interest to African American history will be considered

ASALH Luncheon Photo Album Online Now!

ASALH Luncheon online photo album by Photographer Milton Williams has recently been published by the photographer.

Google Recognizes Black History Month

In celebration of contributions of African Americans, the Google homepage features Dr. Woodson and Black History Month.

Thank you for supporting the 92nd Annual Luncheon

92nd Annual Black History Month Luncheon Feb. 24th Hosted by the Founders of Black History Month WASHINGTON —In February, more than 1000 educators, students, and community members from all walks of life will...

The history behind Black History Month

Barbara Dunn explains how the date for Black History Month was decided, and why February is such an important...

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...

Huffington Post features ASALH

View an interview with ASALH National President Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham about the organization’s work with the National Park Service. The...