The Passing of Professor Adelaide Cromwell

CROMWELL, Adelaide McGuinn, Ph.D. Professor Emerita of Sociology, Boston University, peacefully gave life a passing grade in hospice care on June 8, 2019. She held her final class in Brookline, Massachusetts, where she...

2019 Emanuel Nine Commemoration

Charleston, SC – June 4, 2019 – In advance of the four-year commemoration of the Emanuel Nine tragedy, Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Churchannounced today plans and events scheduled to observe the fourth year since...

Malkiel Scholars Named For 2019 Emerging Faculty Leaders Recognized For Research Excellence, Service, Commitment To Campus Inclusion

PRINCETON, NJ (Monday, May 13, 2019)—The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has announced the ten Nancy Weiss Malkiel Scholars for 2019. The Malkiel Scholars Award, funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is...

Smithsonian Regents Name Lonnie Bunch 14th Smithsonian Secretary

The Smithsonian Institution’s Board of Regents announced today it elected Lonnie G. Bunch III, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, as the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian,...

KCA and Community Dedicate Historic Marker At Kalorama Park

Adams Morgan neighbors and historians gathered at Kalorama Park on a beautiful evening April 25 to dedicate the recently installed National Underground Railroad marker which honors 20-year-old Hortense Prout’s courageous flight to freedom...

ASALH Exec Among National Parks’ Centennial Honorees

This article first appeared in The Washington Informer on May 9, 2019 One of D.C.’s most tireless advocates for the global promotion of Black heritage and culture was recently honored by the National...

Preserving the historic ‘Negro Mountain’

This article first appeared in the New Pittsburgh Courier, June 3, 2019 by Alonna J. Carter, For New Pittsburgh Courier...

2019 Dr. John Hope Franklin Award Winners Announced

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Dr. John Hope Franklin Award....

ASALH Announces 2019 Black History Theme, Black Migrations

ASALH’s 2019 theme Black Migrations emphasizes the movement of people of African descent to new destinations and subsequently to...

Woodson Home

Dr. Carter G. Woodson directed ASALH’s operations from his home located at 1538 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC, from...