Thank you for a successful 103rd Annual Conference

Thank you for a successful 103rd Annual Conference! Click here for an event gallery.

Frederick Douglass, 19th Century Civil Rights Activist: His Legacy Today

Join us for a panel discussion in honor of the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass. The panel will explore Douglass’s legacy as well as contemporary issues related to his causes. Moderated...

Souvenir Journal Available Online Now!

Browse through our Dynamic Speakers & Special Guests, Meet our Award Winners, View Donors, Sponsors and much more!

ASALH Mourns the Loss of Historian Sterling Stuckey

Notice from ASALH’s President In Memoriam: Sterling Stuckey The Association for the Study of African American Life and History mourns the recent passing of Sterling Stuckey, the groundbreaking historian whose interdisciplinary focus launched the serious...

View the Entire Conference Program Here

The conference program is available online. You can search the program by day, by session type, and by a person who is presenting on the program. View the entire program as a guest...

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...

Sens. Coons, Murkowski, Harris introduce bill to recognize ‘Hidden Figures’ for contributions to U.S. leadership during the Space Race

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), along with 44 of their...

Tampa Bay School Named for Dr. Woodson

Hillsborough County School Board Members voted unanimously at Tuesday’s School Board meeting to name a new PreK-8 school, opening...

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...