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107th Annual Meeting and Conference

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

The ASALH Annual Conference is an occasion to explore the history and culture of people of African descent. Our conference brings together more than one thousand people, including educators, students, community builders, business professionals, and others who share an abiding interest in learning about the contribution of African Americans to this nation and the world.

FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA, a documentary producer by her grand-niece Monica Land, is a portrait of a civil rights activist and the injustices in America that made her work essential.

Felix Armfield Series: Career Pathways Outside of Academia

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

This roundtable will discuss career pathways outside of academia including archival work, the National Park Service, and museum work.

ASALH Film Festival: The SixTripleEight

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

In February 1945, the U.S. Army sent 855 black women from the Women’s Army Corps (WACs) to England and France to clear the backlog of mail in the European Theater of Operations. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, known as the SixTripleEight, was the only all-black female battalion to serve in Europe during WWII. Confronted with racism and sexism from their own leadership and troops, they served with honor and distinction completing their mission in six months.

Friday Woodson Luncheon

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

ASALH Film Festival: A Crime on the Bayou

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

A CRIME ON THE BAYOU chronicles the legal fight as it goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the process enshrines the Constitutional right to a jury trial at the state level.

Key Session: I Fear For My Life

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

This Plenary Session features panelists Cheryl T. Grills, Veronica T. Watson, Lewis H. Rogers Jr., and Joseph L. Green.

STORMING CAESARS PALACE

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery

Storming Caesars Palace challenges the pernicious lie of the “Welfare Queen,” and highlights the visionary leadership of low-income grassroots organizers whose courage, tenacity and dreams could not be quashed, against all odds.