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Position 1 Section: Office of Museum Services Vacancy Announcement Number: DE-11852082-23-SW Position Title: Grants Management Specialist (Senior Program Officer), GS-1109-13 Full Performance Level: GS-13 Closing Date: March 15, 2023 Area […]

Duties The major duties of the Historian position include, but are not limited to, the following: Assist the Chief Historian, a lead Park History Program (PHP) Senior Historian and professional […]

Do not neglect to do food and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. – Hebrews 13:16

Request for Proposals Ethnographic Overview and Assessment of Indigenous Peoples Affected by the De Soto Expedition.  Deadline: March 31, 2023   Project Description Over the course of four years the […]

Park History Program (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov) is recruiting for 3 GS-9 term historians for the positions below. Location: Remote Salary: $57,118 – $91,873 per year Occasional Travel   WW2 […]

Request for Proposals Project Title: African American Ethnohistory of Pine Spur and Peaks of Otter Areas at Blue Ridge Parkway Background   The NPS seeks to enter into a partnership […]

Check out the ASALH feature from Michael’s Black Organized Leaders of Diversity (BOLD) team from the company newsletter.

On February 16, 2023, in honor of Black History Month, the White House hosted a special screening of Till, based on the true story of educator-turned-activist Mamie Till-Mobley, who pursued justice after the brutal and unjustified death of her 14-year-old son Emmett in 1955.

Frederick Douglass funeral program, provided by wife Helen Pitts Douglass.

Since 1976, every American president has designated February as Black History Month and issued proclamations endorsing an annual theme created by ASALH.

Join us for the excellent presentation by Civil War re-enactor Michael Crutcher. He is nationally known for his presentations of Mr. Douglass’ legacy.

A chapter from Jacksonville’s “Black Resistance.” This video won the Jacksonville Film Festival last year.

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday that his administration is expanding Advanced Placement African American Studies courses next year from one school to 26 in New Jersey after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis blocked the course from being taught in public schools in Florida.

Lurking behind the concerns of Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, over the content of a proposed high school course in African American studies, is a long and complex series of debates about the role of slavery and race in American classrooms.

Credited as the architect of the Civil Rights Movement, Rev. James Lawson played an integral role in the nonviolent protests of the south in the 1960s. Lawson was called upon by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to teach his practices of nonviolence to students in order to protest against racial discrimination laws. Now in his 90s, his life’s work is being recognized.

Written by Sandhya Dirks NPR News   A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: It’s Black History Month. And the man who laid the foundations of this celebration is Carter G. Woodson. He founded […]

John Henry Bracey Jr. was a lifetime member of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)

In Florida, public school and university administrators, faculty and librarians live in terror. The state has become a knowledge prison. Gov. Ron DeSantis has created an anti-knowledge infrastructure. He has passed legislation, built a policing apparatus, and recruited a volunteer army to abolish academic freedom and imprison knowledge.

We need all members of ASALH to purchase tickets for the Black History Month Festival. We especially need you to purchase tickets for the Conversation with Dr. Lonnie Bunch and Professor Gloria Browne-Marshall on February 22nd and the play, “Campaign 1972,” on February 25th.

The Oral History Practitioner Worker-led Survey & Solidarity Project has launched its Oral History Worker Survey, which is collecting responses from all cultural workers who have been engaged in some form of oral history work anytime within the last five years.

Jelani Cobb is the dean of Columbia Journalism School and has frequently written about the intersection of race, politics and history.

Black White Woodson Reconciliation by Dr. Craig Woodson was featured on NPR’s Morning Edition this past Wednesday.

February marks Black History Month, a tradition that got its start in the Jim Crow era and was officially recognized in 1976 as part of the nation’s bicentennial celebrations. It aims to honor the contributions that African Americans have made and to recognize their sacrifices.

View The 97th Annual Black History Month Festival Souvenir Journal

With the January 2023 issue of Perspectives on History, the AHA launches the Long Overdue project as part of the Racist Histories and the AHA initiative. Long Overdue aims to publish obituaries for historians of color whose passing the AHA did not mark.

Communities and individuals often struggle with how to commemorate Black History Month, an occasion particularly relevant today given the resurgence of debates about race, historical knowledge, and school curricula.

There is startling irony to history. In 1931, Langston Hughes published the short poem, “White Shadows.” In this polyvocal poem, two speakers discuss the possibility of escaping anti-Black racial oppression. The first queries, “I’m looking for a house/In the world/Where white shadows/Will not fall.”

Join the Our Authors Study Club, INC., (OASC) and 2023 Honorary Chair, Michael Lawson, President & CEO of Los Angeles Urban League for the Seventy-Eight Black History Month celebration and the Seventy-Third City Wide celebration in continuous partnership with every mayor since 1950.

The Clay County African American Legacy’s 39th annual Northland Martin Luther King, Jr., Celebration was held on January 16, 2023 in Gano Chapel on the campus of William Jewell College. Qiana Thomason, president, and CEO of Health Forward Foundation and a Jewell Trustee was the keynote speaker.

COVID-19 is Still Here.

As part of the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, each January the Birmingham Public Library Archives Department sponsors Begin the Day: The Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Lecture.

“February is Black History Month, and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate. From books you can read to your kids during the month (and beyond), Black documentaries you can watch, Black Americans to learn more about and so much more, it’s a great time of year to focus on the contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans…”

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) has announced the selection of its deputy director, Michelle Commander. Commander brings a plethora of experience, leadership and knowledge to the position, most recently working as the deputy director of research and strategic initiatives at The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) is announcing the creation of a new advisory council in Penn Hills. The Penn Hills Advisory Council has established three officers: Ronald B. Saunders, Chairperson; Dr. Michele Greene, Vice-Chair; and Alexis Clipper, Secretary.

Washington, D.C.—Join the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) for its Third Annual Black History Month Festival celebrating the 2023 Black History theme, “Black Resistance.”

“One-hundred and ninety-five years ago, the New York Legislators passed The Abolition Act abolishing slavery in New York State on July 4th, 1827. The movement began 28 years earlier with The Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery that passed on March 29th, 1799, mandating that children born to a slave mother after July 4, 1799 were legally free…”

In a recent story from The Washington Post on Will Smith’s latest film “Emancipation,” ASALH President Dr. W Marvin Dulaney is quoted on the narrowed teachings of the history of slavery.

On December 19, 2022, the St. Petersburg and Tampa Bay Branches collaborated to celebrate the 147th birthday of Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, founder of the Association of African American Life and History (ASALH).

On Saturday, December 17, 2022, at 1:00 pm, the Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group held its annual Dr. Carter G. Woodson birthday celebration which featured keynote speaker Dr. Kim Cary Warren, Associate Professor of History at the University of Kansas where she specializes in race, gender, social reform, education, as well as civil, human, and women’s rights.

With sadness and deep regret, I would like to inform you of the passing of Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame running back, Franco Harris. Franco died overnight Tuesday, December 20th .

The International African American Museum will not open in January, as planned. Humidity and temperature problems are to blame for the delay to the long-awaited museum in downtown Charleston, according to information released late Dec. 16.

Submit Your Nomination for the 2023 ABFF Honors.

The new “Emancipation” movie featuring Will Smith as formerly enslaved man Peter Gordon, reminds us of the ways Black folks have historically stood up against racist, oppressive systems.

Washington, D.C.—Join the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) for its Third Annual Black History Month Festival celebrating the 2023 Black History theme, “Black Resistance.”

2023 Annual Founder’s Birthday event: A staged reading of Charly Evon Simpson’s “Beyond the Sheet.” Directed by Freda Scott Giles, emerita professor of Theatre and Film. Featuring actors from Town and Gown Players, University of Georgia University Theatre, and the Athens community.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History remembers a giant of the Black Freedom Movement, Esther Victoria Cooper Jackson, radical activist, civil rights leader, and long-time editor who died on August 23, 2022 at the age of 105.

On Tuesday, November 29 (6-8 PM) at Burke High School, the Preservation Society will host a launch event for the new Black Businesses of Charleston Oral History Project, in partnership with the Charleston County School District 20 Principal Collaboration Program.

Seasonal selections and Holiday favorites performed by the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Brass!

Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park is currently under construction in the historic LaVilla neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida. When completed, the Park will honor two of Jacksonville’s most famous residents, James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson.

Researchers from the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan have received a $750,000 research grant to conduct a survey of Black History Month programming in public libraries across the country.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History and the worldwide freedom struggle lost a great champion on October 11, 2022, with the passing of the Reverend Mr. Charles Melvin Sherrod.

Washington, DC — The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) announced today the winner of the Frederic W. Ness Book Award, Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching, published by Harvard University Press.

Amber Wiley, an award-winning architectural and urban historian whose teaching and research center on the social aspects of design and how it affects urban communities, will join the University of Pennsylvania […]

This year’s festIval will celebrate the theme of black resistance in the past present AND FUTURE STARTING FEBRUARY 1st 2023.

Support the founders of Black History Month by Advertising during the 2023 Black History Month Festival

We are sharing sad news on the passing of our longest serving legislator, the Honorable State Representative Barbara Ward Cooper (93 years old), in the state of Tennessee and probably the Southeast or national regions who transitioned last week after a brief illness.

View the New Pittsburgh Courier with front page article of the ASALH Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch winning the Branch of the Year Award for 2022.

The Our Authors Study Club, Inc. of Los Angeles (OASC), and the City of Los Angeles The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announce today the planning for the 2023 African American Heritage Guide.

In January 2022, Marion Lane published “Women of Colour Made A Difference in the Era of the Revolutionary War” and in October 2022, Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) honored her for this monumental work at their International AAHGS Book Awards.

On June 10th, 2022, ASALH Philadelphia President Regina Vaughn received the Harriett Tubman Service Award from the Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage.

Discussion will explore diabetes management, factors that lead to a higher risk of amputation, prevention of ulcers, signs of trouble, treatment and care.

President Biden announced that millions of working and middle class borrowers can apply for student debt relief right NOW!

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is now accepting Letters of Intent for the 2023 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

ASALH & Howard University present a virtual Workshop Wednesdays series on social justice, sponsored by the Mellon Just Futures Initiative

Whereas, “We today, stand on the shoulders of our predecessors who have gone before us. We, as their
successors, must catch the torch of freedom and liberty passed on to us by our ancestors. We cannot lose in this battle.” (Benjamin E. Mays, “I Knew Carter G. Woodson.” Negro History Bulletin, March 1981, p. 21.),

Join us for the Dedication Ceremony for the Birwood Wall Historical Marker at Alfonso Wells Memorial Park at 11am, October 10th. The story behind the building of the Birwood Wall is an important chapter in Detroit’s Civil Rights History.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is proud to announce the 2022 Award recipients, which will be given at the 107th Annual Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, from September 29th to October 1st.

Please join us for PastForward Online 2022 this fall! On-demand sessions will start in early October, while marquee events featuring well-known speakers or incorporating a live interactive component to the session will take place November 1-4.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2022 House Passes Bipartisan, Bicameral Bass Legislation to Advance Quality Basic Education Around the World   WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed the […]

Today, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs passed by voice vote a resolution introduced by Africa Subcommittee Chair Karen Bass (D-CA) and Ranking Member Chris Smith (R-NJ) reaffirming the significance of the African Union as a strategic international partner to the United States and expressing strong support for partnerships that cultivate intra-African trade.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History mourns the death of Nichelle Nichols and heralds her entry into the final frontier when her ashes are sent to deep space aboard a Vulcan rocket.

We are excited to announce our 1st Weekend Club and beyond campaign in support of the upcoming movie, The Woman King, opening Friday, September 16, 2022. BHERC is thrilled to invite you, your members, families, and friends to join us in promoting and helping to spread the word about this important movie.

The Essential Theatre continues its 33rd anniversary year celebration with Theatre Week pay-what-you-can performances of the 1996 Helen Hayes Award nominated comedy cabaret, “A Night with Jackie “Moms” Mabley,” written and performed by Charisma Wooten, featuring Everett P. Williams as Luther.

The Boca Raton Museum of Art presents the premiere of Reginald Cunningham: Black Pearls, the first-ever museum exhibition of Cunningham’s work, curated by Kelli Bodle, Assistant Curator.

31st August is commemorated as International Day for People of African Descent.

Ax Handle Saturday (video)

“Freedom is not Free. If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.” This quote from Rutledge Pearson, Rodney Hurst’s 8th-grade American history and ninth-grade Civics teacher, adviser to the 1960 Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP, and Hurst’s mentor resonated throughout Jacksonville’s Inaugural Civil Rights Conference held in Jacksonville on August 25-27, 2022.

The Echoes of the Enslaved events are held in partnership with The Slave Dwelling Project, a non-profit whose vision is to encourage a “more truthful and inclusive narrative of the history of the nation that honors the contributions of all our people.”

Join us for our “Know Before You Go” pre-conference book series. Authors and guests discuss their work and themes of Black Health/Wellness. Brought to you by ASALH, in partnership with Howard University Social Justice Consortium, and sponsored by the Mellon Just Futures Initiative.

The Trip to Bountiful By Horton Foote Directed by Michael Wilson Featuring Nancy Robinette as Mrs. Carrie Watts; Joe Mallon as Ludie Watts and Kimberly Gilbert as Jessie Mae Watts […]

Dr. Bertice Berry, author, lecturer and inspirational speaker brought two groundbreaking, stirring presentations by leading a discussion on storytelling and race among a diverse local audience in Savannah, GA.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History mourns the death of Dr. James Turner. Born in Brooklyn in 1940 and raised in Manhattan, he was a foundational […]

Today, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights issued the following statement.

Underground Railroad Education Center is sponsoring an archaeological dig on a site where once stood the home of Doctor Thomas Elkins, Black medical doctor and Albany resident known for his inventions and for his role in the Underground Railroad.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced a new $8 million grant competition aimed at increasing the diversity of the teacher workforce and preparing teachers to meet the needs of our most underserved students.

It serves as Alabama’s attic. The Alabama Department of Archives and History, established in 1901, was the first state archives in the nation. The big building, catty corner from the state Capitol, serves as the repository of public records in the state, from governors’ correspondence to town clerk documents.

The African American Program at the Heinz History Center will host the Inaugural Martin Robison Delany Symposium on Aug. 26-27, 2022, at the History Center. The two-day academic conference will take an unprecedented look at the life, career, and legacy of Martin Delany, one the nation’s most influential African American leaders in the 19th century.

“We Are Back!” ASALH Brings its First In-Person Conference Since the Pandemic to Montgomery, Alabama with Annual Theme: “Black Health and Wellness”

Alex Haley Museum will hold its Annual Birthday Celebration on Saturday August 13, 2022, between the hours of 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Our focus this year is education. It is our intent, to honor the legacy of the Palmer, Murray, and Haley families who were devoted to academic excellence. As was once stated, “Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.”

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History mourns the death of William Felton Russell. Russell is the winningest professional athlete of all time in team sports. He was the centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty which claimed 11 NBA titles in 13 years, and one with him as player-coach, to become the first Black coach to win an NBA championship.

Former Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios has been designated as the Chair for the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission, the Congressional Commission charged with planning the nation’s 250th anniversary in 2026.

Read President W Marvin Dulaney’s letter to ASALH supporters.

WASHINGTON – In honor of Emancipation Day in Canada, the National Park Service announced the award of $150,000 in National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Grants to 26 existing and prospective Network to Freedom members.

ASALH Detroit is proud to announce the appointment of Former President Jamon Jordan as the First Historian for the City of Detroit.

Abolition Commemoration Day event on July 11, 2022.

ASALH Bronx Branch member Eric K. Washington was on the “Tavis Smiley Show” — an LA-based talk-radio show (kbla1580.com) — to talk about efforts to landmark the former Colored School No. 4 at 128 West 17th Street.

On Thursday, July 14, 2022, The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group in conjunction with the National World War I Museum and Memorial hosted a screening of the critically acclaimed documentary, Invisible Warriors: African American Women in WW II.

BHERC 28th Annual African American Film Marketplace & S.E. Manly Short Film Showcase Returns With Hybrid Format Featuring Both In-Person & Virtual Viewing Experience After presenting virtually for two years, the festival is back offering the option to experience the BHERC festival experience virtually and in person.

We are sadden by the loss of our members mother Robert Edison. Mrs. Nola Edison passed on Sunday Morning. Mrs. Edison funeral will be held at: AD Porter 1300 West […]

Our 2022 hybrid conference will offer attendees sessions featuring ASALH members who are prominent figures in Black cultural studies, as well as students from many disciplines.

On June 15, 2022 members of James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH had the distinct honor of attending the dedication of the Jury Assembly Room in the Duval County Courthouse after Daniel Webster Perkins, the father of our deceased James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH member and historian Camilla P. Thompson.

The National Historic Landmarks Program is pleased to announce the release of a new theme study, Labor History in the United States, which highlights the many stories of Americans at work through current scholarship on labor history and nationally significant places.

The National Votes for Women Trail unveiled its first of four suffrage marker in Washington, DC. The NVWT is a collaboration between the National Collaborative of Women’s History Sites and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation to commemorate the centennial of the suffrage movement with a virtual and physical trail of markers nationwide identifying local and regional suffrage activities and activists.

Presented by the African American Museum, Dallas, the Texas Black Invitational Rodeo offers up an exciting noche as approximately 300 African American cowboys and cowgirls compete for significant cash prizes in bronc and bull riding, calf and steer roping, barrel racing, a Pony Express relay race and more.

Us/ICOMOS would like you to share your perspectives on Monuments.

BLKFreedom Presents “JUNETEENTH: We the People”

Freedom delayed was just as sweet to the formerly enslaved men, women, and children in Texas who received two pieces of good news on June 19, 1865: first, that the Civil War was over and second, that they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation two and half years earlier.

In commemoration of Juneteenth, celebrating the liberation of enslaved people in the Confederate states…

ASALH Central Florida will present a brief history of Juneteenth during the City of Orlando’s inaugural Juneteenth Celebration this coming Saturday, June 18th, 2022 from 12 pm EDT – 5 pm EDT.
The theme of the celebration is Freedom is not Free: Honoring the Past – Pressing Towards the Future.
The celebration will feature live music and entertainment, vendors, and an area for youth.

Faith groups across the country will mark the seventh anniversary of the racially-motivated massacre at Mother Emanuel African Episcopal Church by participating in a commemorative Bible study event.

In Woke Racism, McWhorter reveals the workings of this new religion, from the original sin of “white privilege” and the weaponization of cancel culture to ban heretics, to the evangelical fervor of the “woke mob.”

George Floyd was a victim of lynching two years ago. The mass murder of African Americans in Buffalo, N.Y., was also a lynching, says Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, professor of constitutional law at John Jay College (CUNY). Our nation must accept that lynching continues and use the new Emmett Till Antilynching Act to prosecute the alleged shooter, Payton Gendron, she argues.

The Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Signs atop Negro Mountain, the highest point on the National Road on U. S. 40 in Garrett County, Maryland. The National Road runs from the State of Illinois to the State of Maryland and is the road that built America.

ASALH x Howard Univ. Social Justice Consortium presented our latest series, Social Justice Reading Room, on May 18

Conference Programs will be available in-person at Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront (Jacksonville, Florida) and virtually on ASALH TV on September 20 -24, 2023

Reserve your room at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Covention Center.

The Author’s Book Signing will be one of the events at the 107th Annual Meeting and Conference for individuals who are enthusiastic about the history of America and the African diaspora.

We invite you to participate in the Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event at the 107th Annual Meeting and Conference September 29 – October 1, 2022

Book Your Stay For The 2023 Conference At The Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront

In an awards ceremony held May 7, 2022, at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, local Branch President Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard was present to deliver a ‘check’ in the amount of $12,700.00.

James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH member Rodney L. Hurst received the “Liberty Bell Award” from the Jacksonville Bar Association during their 2022 Law Day Luncheon on May 4, 2022.

Our March 15th Program titled: The Future of Farming: Women in the Forefront featured the State of Georgia’s youngest certified farmer, Kendall Rae Johnson with her mother Ursula Johnson and ASALH Rochester New York Branch President, Pamela Reese Smith a member of Black Farmers United NYS.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation today unveils its much-anticipated annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. The eleven sites on the 2022 list represent a powerful illustration of expansive American history.

The Annual Student Leadership and Awards Program recognizes student leaders, staff, faculty and friends from across the campus and region. The program this year will feature an award recognizing the Outstanding External Support from the Executive Board of the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of ASALH located in Pittsburgh.

The Under Secretary of the Army, the Honorable Gabe Camarillo hosted the Posthumous promotion of COL Charles Young to Brigadier General on April 29th.

Former National Parks Service (NPS) Director and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, Bob Stanton, received the William Penn Mott, Jr. Leadership Award on April 1.

The goal of this initiative, Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic, is to gather first person testimonies, letters, music, images, art and other documents that capture the experiences of African Americans in North Carolina during the global pandemic.

The ASALH Atlanta Branch is a sponsor of this community health event. Our Branch has partnered with the ETA Omega Chapter of Atlanta’s Omega Psi Phi Fraternity to bring this event to the Atlanta community.

A quote from the Washington Post article printed February 11, 2022: George Gillis, 76, who serves as chairman of the deacons at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Jacksonville, said he is concerned about DeSantis’s motives for slicing up the district where he lives and prays.

On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, members of the James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH traveled via bus furnished by Equal Ground to Tallahassee, Florida to speak before the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives in opposition to the map drawn by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

ASALH Saint Petersburg Branch Chaplain shares words of inspiration.

ASALH Saint Petersburg Branch Chaplain shares insight on grief.

The Civil Rights Memorial Center (CRMC), a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was pleased to welcome the Blank Slate Monument to Montgomery on Tuesday, April 12 at 11:30 a.m. CST.

The 40th Annual Salute to the Parks Celebration took place at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. on April 6. Three National Park Advocates: Jack Gladstone, Audrey Peterman, and Bob Stanton were all honored at the celebration.

The theme for this year’s High Tea is We’re Still Here. Despite the challenges we have all faced over the past two years, we have survived, we are thriving and We’re Still Here!! At this year’s Tea, we will CELEBRATE. We will celebrate Black Women in the Media.

Join NCNW in April for a virtual guided visualization meditation designed to empower participants in all areas of their lives, from home to the workplace.

This conference featured scholars who have studied the southern route to freedom taken by African Americans and illuminate how African Americans found freedom in Mexico and made it as viable a “profound land” as Canada.

With the challenge of an unseasonable windchill, a crowd of legacy buffs and patriots gathered at Brandywine-Todd Memorial Park in Wilmington, Delaware to pay homage to African American recipients of the Medal of Honor (CMH).

ASALH celebrates this very special historical moment in American History and we stand behind Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as she assumes this important position on the United States Supreme Court that will benefit all Americans.

Statement of Position on Alabama HB 312 and Similar Bills

La Salle University’s full-time MBA program ranks No. 1 in the nation for job-placement rate, with 100% of graduates securing jobs within three months of graduation.

President Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court is eminently qualified. Her stellar record as a public defender, service on the United States Sentencing Commission, her private practice and service as a federal judge underscore the wide range of her experiences. These experiences demonstrate her commitment to fairness and excellence.

Larry Batchlor, noted Memphis historian, author, former Vietnam veteran, and branch member passed away on February 27, 2022. The alumnus of the University of Memphis, formerly Memphis State, is credited with being one of the founders of the university’s Black Student Association in 1969.

Finally, 124 years after my great-grandmother Ida B. Wells first talked to President McKinley in 1898 about enacting this legislation, it happened yesterday.

Order your copy of Radio Active: A Memoir by Joe Madison with Dave Canton today!

Award-winning journalist, scholar and author Pamela Newkirk will present the opening address at the Underground Railroad Education Center’s FreedomCon 2022 conference, speaking on “Locked In and Left Out: Ota Benga, The Diversity Industry and the Power of Portrayals” April 1 at Hudson Valley Community College and virtually.

  ASALH extends congratulations to Dr. Evelyn B. Higginbotham, former national president of ASALH who will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Mellon University during […]

Together with American Express, we at the National Trust for Historic Preservation are once again offering the Backing Historic Small Restaurants Grant Programto aid restaurant recovery amid ongoing challenges related to the pandemic.

In the midst of a pandemic marked by death, large-scale action and change for African-Americans, Michelle Evans- Oliver is working to ensure the stories of Black people in Richmond are preserved and promoted. As founder and president of the Richmond, Virginia Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Ms. Evans-Oliver first began this work when the group was chartered in 2020.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran’s (R-Kan.) legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women’s Army Corps, who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion – the “Six Triple Eight” – during World War II, was signed into law by President Joe Biden. The unit served at home and in Europe where they sorted and routed mail for millions of American servicemembers and civilians.

Nominations are due April 15, 2022. The Nominating Committee of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) seeks nominations for the Executive Council and for seats in the Association as follows General, Student and Corporate seats.

Carl Westmoreland, 85, of Cincinnati, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center joins friends and family in mourning the loss of renowned historian Carl Westmoreland. Westmoreland was a longtime supporter of the Freedom Center, advocating for its creation and serving as its historian for nearly 20 years.

In recognition of Black History Month and our ongoing partnership with the Oxon Hill Branch, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS), several copies of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s classic, “The Mis-Education of the Negro” were recently donated and presented to Area Manager, Melanie Townsend-Diggs. A non circulating copy will be added to the Sojourner Truth special research collection on Black History. Other copies will be available to the public throughout the Library System.

In recognition of Black History Month and our ongoing partnership with the Oxon Hill Branch, Prince George’s County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS), several copies of Dr Carter G.Woodson’s classic, “The Mis-Education of the Negro” were recently donated and presented to Area Manager, Melanie Townsend-Diggs. A non circulating copy will be added to the Sojourner Truth special research collection on Black History . Other copies will be available to the public throughout the Library System.

A few years ago, everyone was saying that email marketing responses were going to be surpassed by social media. Yes, social media responses continue to rise, but email marketing continues to be the fastest way to receive a response yet today. Email receives a 20 times faster response rate than social media according to Silverpop.

For over ten years of documented records, Manasota ASALH, Inc has made a difference in Manatee and Sarasota counties in Florida. We have given out over 232 scholarships. Of the 232 students that received scholarships, 57% went to Florida Colleges or Universities.

The Friends of Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Public Library, Inc are announcing Mrs. Lovette W. Harper as their Women of the Month Honoree. Mrs. Harper is a founding member of Manasota ASALH and has recently written a book. She is a visionary leader, educator, humanitarian, and philanthropist. Please come out and join us and celebrate her incredible accomplishments.

Birmingham, AL – On March 2, 2022, members of the Charles A. Brown-Birmingham Branch of ASALH honored the contributions and legacy of Mr. John L. Lanier with a proclamation, in memory of his lifelong commitment and service to the preservation of African American history and community cultural sites and resources. The proclamation was provided to his family at the time of his passing.

ASALH members and friends at the Ohio Legislature to discuss the Ohio Report Card. Left to right, former ASALH president John Fleming,  Ohio School Board President Charlotte McGuire, Black History Bulletin Editorial Board Member Paul Larue, and  Ronald Todd from the Governor’s Office

ASALH x Howard Univ. Social Justice Consortium presented our latest series, Social Justice Reading Room, on March 15

National Capital Parks – East is pleased to announce that the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s (ASALH) Woodson Home Committee was awarded the National Capital Area’s Hartzog Group Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service for their remarkable contributions to the Carter G. Woodson National Historic Site!

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors recognized acclaimed North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University historian Arwin Smallwood, Ph.D., today with the Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service, one of the top two annual faculty awards bestowed by the UNC System.
This marks the first time a North Carolina A&T faculty member has been chosen for the honor, which was first presented in 2014.

View the closing Black History Month event. Special remarks will be given by Dr. Dulaney. The event will look back on the month-long Black History Festival programs that explored the 2022 theme “Black Health and Wellness.”

It brings us great sorrow to inform you of the passing of our Branch President John Lanier. A man of impeccable character and dedication to historical preservation, it is difficult to comprehend this. Lanier was an instrumental co-organizer in the re-establishment of the Charles A. Brown-Birmingham Branch in recent years and a tireless advocate for the preservation of African American history and cultural resources.

“Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching” wins for the best new book in African American history and culture.

February is both Black History Month and the CIAA Basketball Tournament. Scholar Raja Malikah Rahim, Ph.D takes a look at the previous instance of Baltimore as a pit stop for the CIAA Tournament. Dr. Rahim is working with the National Membership Committee and the CIAA as scholar, historian and volunteer. Kudos Dr. Rahim!

Join ASALH on Saturday, February 27 for the second marquee event, featuring a round table discussion among former NFL players and sports medicine professionals about issues of race norming and mental health

Watch The 2022 Black History Month Festival Author’s Book Talk Events held on February 24, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. EST

This presentation reviewed social practices, beliefs, and psychological dispositions that are distinct continuities from slavery on February 23, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. EST

BlackPast.org is an online resource for Black history, viewed by more than six million people annually.  Developed by Quintard Taylor, UW professor emeritus of history, it is by far the largest and most visited website on African American and global African history.

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) hosted a news conference call to discuss the introduction of his African American Burial Grounds Preservation Act. The newly-introduced bipartisan bill is also sponsored by U.S. Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT).

Watch a moderated conversation with ASALH President W. Marvin Dulaney and Presidents of Black professional health organizations and institutions held on Saturday, February 19 at 2:00 p.m. EST

There were handwritten wills, birth certificates of babies born into slavery and newspaper ads placed by congressmen seeking the return of Black people who fled captivity.

On February 12, 2022, the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of ASALH, located in Pittsburgh Pa conducted its First Annual Dr. Charles R. Drew Knowledge Bowl for Black History Month.

AFRO.com provides readers with good news about the African American community not otherwise found in other news outlets. This video directed toward churches is to encourage the community of faith to support the AFRO.

We at BlackPast.org (www.blackpast.org), the largest free and ungated website on African American history on the Internet today, announce in honor of Black History Month and our own 14 th anniversary, the unveiling of our newest feature, the African American History Visual Timeline.

As a member of our Affiliate Newsletter Program, we will be producing a newsletter for ASALH focused specifically on Shingles, healthy aging, health, wellness and general lifestyle.

Black Health Matters and ASALH have partnered to create a series of Health Focused newsletters

This session will examine the history of medicine, clinical practice, and policies that have impacted African American health and contributed to disparities

To officially kick off Black History Month in St. Pete, Mayor Ken Welch — the city’s first African-American mayor — raised the Carter G. Woodson flag over City Hall on Feb. 1.

Mayor Cashenna A. Cross speaks during the the Mayoral Community Forum with Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, President of Study of African American Life and History (ASALH ®) founders of black history month, Prince George’s NAACP President Linda Thornton-Thomas, and moderator Terrence Woodbury Licensed Mental Health Professional, and Creator of “TRIUMPHANT MOMENTS with T. Wood” Podcast on a discussion regarding mental health and wellness in our communities.

On Jan. 6, 2022 threatening racist language was scrawled on a cork board in the first building in the CUNY system to carry the name of an African American. Dr. Lloyd Delaney Hall. Please stand with us by signing this petition in defense of our humanity and right to a secure workplace. Help us let the administration know that our lives, the lives of our students and the legacy of Dr. Lloyd Delany matter.

Join PBS Books for an Author Talk about African American Health and Inequities on Tuesday, February 15 at 8:00 p.m. EST

March 2022 marks the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Harriet Tubman, known as one of the principal “conductors” of the Underground Railroad.

Watch The 2022 Black History Month Festival Author’s Book Talk Events on February 10, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. EST

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced today, during the first week of Black History Month, that they will introduce a bill to award […]

The Manhattan Branch hosted a panel discussion on health care disparities in urban African American communities on February 5, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. EST

Subscribe to ASALH-TV to watch our virtual festival opening starting at 6:30pm (EST)

Shine a Spotlight on Preservation Is there a person, organization, historic site, or project in your city or town that deserves the national spotlight? Have you seen transformation in your […]

This two-part program will explore the 2022 Black History Theme: Black Health and Wellness and will feature panel discussions to examine the historic exploitation of Black bodies for the advancement of scientific and medical discovery.

This year’s theme for Black History Month is Black Health and Wellness. ASALH has celebrated Negro History Week and Black History Month for ninety-five years and rarely has one of its themes for the annual celebrations been more appropriate and timely.

ASALH sadly acknowledges the January 23, 2022 passing of Robert Hayden, Jr., former National Secretary and founding president of the Martha’s Vineyard Branch of ASALH.

Over the course of three years, historian Kathryn Grover examined African Americans’ involvement in the Shaw/54th Regiment Memorial’s creation, reactions to its completion, and feelings about this unique Civil War […]

The Evanston Municipal Reparations Symposium Communique

ASALH will hold innovative virtual programming In the month of February celebrating The 2022 Black History Theme: Black Health And Wellness

View the full schedule of Author’s Events during the 2022 Black History Month Festival

Dear Friends, After 12 years as the tenth Archivist of the United States, I have decided to retire, effective mid-April, 2022. As I wrote to President Biden, it has been […]

Conceptualized by Rodney L. Hurst Sr., author, Black historian and Civil Rights activist, the conference will take place Feb. 3-5, 2022, at the Southbank Marriott in Downtown Jacksonville, with a […]

Support the Founders of Black History Month in Celebrating The 2022 Black History Theme: Black Health And Wellness

Black Health Matters and ASALH have partnered to create a series of Health Focused newsletters

View all The Black History Month Festival sessions starting February 1, 2022

Join us on Zoom tomorrow with Dr. Valerie Patterson https://asalhsouthflorida.wordpress.com/podcast/ Please register and join us Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at 4 p.m. Dr. Joan Cartwright is inviting you to a […]

Meet the the Incoming Officers of the Executive Council

Winner to be announced during Black History Month 2022

Josh Barker, Manhattan Branch of ASALH member, joins New York Amsterdam News as its first-ever digital editor. Read story here…

View here: https://www.loyola.edu/join-us/karson-institute/center-research-culture/publications

Appreciation and commendations were extended to the following members and families for their dedication, commitment, perseverance, courage and service to the United of America

The Savannah Yamacraw ASALH branch celebrated the birthday of Dr. Carter G. Woodson on December 14, 2021, by presenting a workshop for students in the after-school program at the West […]

Black Health Matters and ASALH have partnered to create a series of Health Focused newsletters

As written by Kathleen Thompson “Clio is a nonprofit humanities organization that connects users to nearby history and culture through a free educational website and mobile application that hosts individual entries, […]

The reparations movement is advancing on the local, national, and international levels.   US and International Reparations Leaders Meet in Evanston, Ill. (Evanston RoundTable)https://evanstonroundtable.com/2021/12/13/evanston-reparataions-national-gathering/   Reparations Rising with Robin Rue […]

The Reading Room series on social justice is a collaborative effort presented by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and The Howard University Social Justice Consortium.

Living in the Washington DC area affords the Bethel Dukes branch a great deal of opportunities to celebration the national and local history of ASALH. Dr. Woodson is buried in […]

Black Health Matters and ASALH have partnered to create a series of Health Focused newsletters

The W. Marvin Dulaney Branch of Dallas-Ft. Worth table banner is featured in this news story.   As reported by FOX4 News… “Get into the holiday spirit and support local […]

“In a splendid ceremony planned by the Elysées Palace, Josephine Baker took her place among France’s greatest citizens as she was inducted into the Pantheon on November 30, 2021. Six […]

Afro Newspaper GM Edgar Brookins Dead at 74 by Renee Nash Washington, D.C. (December 2, 2021) – Edgar Brookins, affectionately called Mr. D.C., died Wednesday at Walter Reed Medical Center in […]

Join Telfair Museums and The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)- the Savannah Yamacraw Branch host “N Word” to Mr. Mayor: Experiencing the American Dream”, […]

This national program centers the legacy of Black family reunions while encouraging families of all backgrounds to build and renew their own traditions and stories.

Click below to read the full New York Times article by Martha S. Jones on an enslaved woman seeking freedom in Paris. Enslaved to a U.S. Founding Father, She Sought […]

New York, NY Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series, the first Academy qualifying festival devoted to women filmmakers, is offering creators an opportunity to produce the […]

Book signing & brief discussion on Bernie’s new novel: an Afro-futurist, crime-mystery, love-story about West African spirituality remixed with righteousness, reparations and the end of White supremacy, settler-exploitative colonialism.

ASALH x Howard Univ. Social Justice Consortium present our latest series, Social Justice Reading Rooms. Sponsored by Mellon Just Futures.

Fred Smith, a retired Georgia Department of Labor official from Athens, was recently presented with a national award from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Wanda Lloyd chronicles her life journey, from growing up in segregated Savannah, to editing roles at seven daily newspapers, and finally back to Savannah to make a difference in her childhood community

Black Health Matters and ASALH have partnered to create a series of Health Focused newsletters

The National Constitution Center is offering a series of America’s Town Hall programs about constitutional issues in the news. Join these programs for free from your home computer, laptop, or any mobile device by registering […]

“Regina Vaughn has been painstakingly tracing her family legacy dating back to slavery to keep a vow she made to her late mother more than a decade ago

ASALH mourns the passing of Margaret M. Miles. Mrs. Miles was the long-time Park Ranger at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site. She was also a great […]

Bridge Detroit Bryce Huffman “On Monday, Mayor Mike Duggan and Rochelle Riley, the city’s director of Arts, Culture & Entrepreneurship, announced that Jamon Jordan is now the city’s first official […]

“Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America” Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in History

The DC History Center deepens understanding of our city’s past to connect, empower, and inspire. We will reach into all eight wards to preserve and elevate the stories of Washington’s […]

The African American Museum is opening a new exhibition, “Chasing Perfection: The Work and Life of Architect John S. Chase.”

Many athletes are hiring nutrition consultants and personal chefs to make sure that they are eating right during the regular season and the offseason

History Will Remember This Great American

On Friday, October 15, 2021, preservationists around the world  will celebrate the 55thanniversary of the signing of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA), the statute that created the […]

On October 14, Georgetown African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour will present oral testimony before the United States House of Representative Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, […]

ASALH mourns the passing of historian and civil rights activist Timuel Black. In his 102 years of life, he stood as a witness to so many of the important people and events that have come to define and shape the experiences of African Americans in this country. As a child, he lived with and shared stories of his grandmother who was once held as a slave in Alabama. He lived through both the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 and grew up on Chicago’s South Side Black community in the aftermath of the 1919 “Red Summer” riot.

Join us October 13 from 6-8 p.m. for PART FIVE or our virtual Workshop series on social justice

As written by Yvonne Krumrey of Newcity Art “After thirteen years of planning, fundraising and crafting, the “Light of Truth” monument to Ida B. Wells-Barnett was unveiled this summer. Wells-Barnett’s […]

Princeton Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship Award, also known as the “Genius Grant” for analyzing the political and economic forces underlying racial inequality and the role […]

Artist Edwin Velazquez share Black Art in Puerto Rico / Arte Afropuertorriqueño, a blog with data on Afro-Puerto Rican visual artists with videos about conferences, talks, documentaries, news and other […]

LIVESTREAM/WEBVIDEO: Northwest African American Museum Presents African American Leaders’ Descendants Series Webinar Guest: Tina Wyatt, Educator; Co-Founder, Washington, DC Annual Harriet Tubman Day Commemoration and Thrice-Great-Grandniece of Harriet Tubman In-Conversation […]

LIVESTREAM/WEBVIDEO: The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project (MPCPMP) Presents: A Webinar/Panel Discussion: The Role of Historic Boston’s Churches Regarding Slavery, Truth-telling, and Healing Oct. 11, 2021 | 4:00 […]

Join the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture as we celebrate resiliency and commitment through our annual symposium: The Spirit of the Black Family: Reclaim, Rejoice, Renew, Remember. […]

Photography, Family History, and the Underground Railroad–National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom hosts Virtual Photo Exhibit for a limited time; North Is Freedom Virtual Photo Exhibit, a partnership between […]

Starting October 1 thru October 14, applications can apply for a $10,000 grant from Comcast Rise. These grants will be awarded to small businesses owned and operated by people of […]