ASALH Events
ASALH Events
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22 events,
ASALH Film Festival: Hidden in Full View
ASALH Film Festival: Hidden in Full View
Hidden in Full View introduces the story of the lynching of Matthew Williams in Salisbury, Maryland. The story of townspeople who stole a life, terrorized Black residents, destroyed the Black business district, listened to the testimony from 124 witnesses to the brutal lynching, and yet held no one accountable. To this day.
Plenary Session: A Round Table Discussion of Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
Plenary Session: A Round Table Discussion of Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court
This Plenary Session, sponsored by the Howard/Mellon Social Justice Consortium, features panelists Fred Gray, Orville Vernon Burton, Armand Derfner, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Hilary N. Green, and Robert L. Harris, Jr.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Jesse Olsavsky
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Jesse Olsavsky
The Most Absolute Abolition: Runaways, Vigilance Committees, and the Rise of Revolutionary Abolitionism, 1835–1861
17 events,
FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA
FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA
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.
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable: Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965 by Cherisse Jones Branch
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable: Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965 by Cherisse Jones Branch
This panel explores Jones-Branch's 2021 publication, Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps: Black Women’s Activism in Rural Arkansas, 1914-1965.
Felix Armfield Series: Career Pathways Outside of Academia
Felix Armfield Series: Career Pathways Outside of Academia
This roundtable will discuss career pathways outside of academia including archival work, the National Park Service, and museum work.
ASALH Film Festival: The SixTripleEight
ASALH Film Festival: The SixTripleEight
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.
Felix Armfield Series: Learning Lunch: “And who are you? What do you do?”
Felix Armfield Series: Learning Lunch: “And who are you? What do you do?”
This roundtable/workshop/discussion involves questions and responses from preeminent scholars who are mentors and academic leaders in their fields.
ASALH Film Festival: A Crime on the Bayou
ASALH Film Festival: A Crime on the Bayou
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.
Felix Armfield Series: Dissertation Pitch Lightening Round
Felix Armfield Series: Dissertation Pitch Lightening Round
Sign up to give a three minute presentation on your dissertation topic. Top three will get prizes.
Key Session: I Fear For My Life
Key Session: I Fear For My Life
This Plenary Session features panelists Cheryl T. Grills, Veronica T. Watson, Lewis H. Rogers Jr., and Joseph L. Green.
13 events,
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable: Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and The Unfinished Project of Emancipation by Julius Fleming
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable: Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and The Unfinished Project of Emancipation by Julius Fleming
This roundtable explores Julius Fleming's publication, Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and The Unfinished Project of Emancipation.
STATELESS: A RACE AGAINST TIME. A TIME AGAINST RACE.
STATELESS: A RACE AGAINST TIME. A TIME AGAINST RACE.
The ruling that rendered more than 200,000 people stateless, without nationality, identity or a homeland, a young attorney named Rosa Iris mounts a grassroots campaign, challenging electoral corruption and advocating for social justice.
BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER is an intimate and inspiring portrait of Representative Barbara Lee, a champion of civil rights and a steadfast voice for human rights, peace, and economic and racial justice in the U.S. Congress.
Presidential Session: Exploring Various Aspects of Black Health and Wellness
Presidential Session: Exploring Various Aspects of Black Health and Wellness
This Presidential Session features panelists W. Marvin Dulaney, Chastity Bradford, DeWayne Ellis, and Tom Ellison
Key Session: The Craft of Writing Black Women’s Biography
Key Session: The Craft of Writing Black Women’s Biography
This Key Session features panelists Daina Ramey Berry, Tanisha Ford, Ashley Farmer, KT Ewing, and Anastasia Curwood.
Key Session: How Black Practitioners Rewrite, Re-Narrate and Reimagine Health Equity
Key Session: How Black Practitioners Rewrite, Re-Narrate and Reimagine Health Equity
This Key Session features panelists Maranda C. Ward, Vanessa Northington Gamble, Valin S. Jordan, and Dr. Yolanda Lewis-Ragland.
ASALH Film Festival: Sweet Home Alabama & Afrikan By Way Of American
ASALH Film Festival: Sweet Home Alabama & Afrikan By Way Of American
Two films on Africatown, Alabama