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Hine-Horne Book Roundtable: Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and The Unfinished Project of Emancipation by Julius Fleming
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesThis roundtable explores Julius Fleming's publication, Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and The Unfinished Project of Emancipation.
Social Justice @ ASALH: How to Lead Social Justice
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States
STATELESS: A RACE AGAINST TIME. A TIME AGAINST RACE.
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesThe 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.
John Blassingame Luncheon
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States
BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesBARBARA 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
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesThis Presidential Session features panelists W. Marvin Dulaney, Chastity Bradford, DeWayne Ellis, and Tom Ellison
Key Session: The Craft of Writing Black Women’s Biography
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesThis 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
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesThis 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
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesTwo films on Africatown, Alabama
Plenary Session: The History of Black Women and Health
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesThis Plenary Session features panelists Ameenah Shakir, Michelle Browder, Stephanie Y. Evans, Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, and Deirdre Cooper Owens.
AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesIn this BAFTA award-winning film, America's War on Abortion, two-time Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan examines the erosion of reproductive rights in the United States, foregrounding the stories of those often forgotten in this ‘war’ who nonetheless find themselves on its frontline: impoverished women and women of color.
ASALH Film Festival: Fruit: It Takes a Village
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United StatesFRUIT tells the story of how the power of mentoring can shift the narrative of the young black male.
“Patriots of African Descent at the Valley Forge Encampment of 1777–1778,” Presented by Justin B. Clement
Join us @ The “Meeting Room” of Valley Forge NHP, or attend live (via Zoom): This presentation represents the culmination of a year’s work examining African American participation during the […]
Social Justice @ ASALH 103: Understanding the Black Diaspora
VirtualIn this session, Dr. Brock will introduce community members to the history of the Black Diaspora. This includes Africa, the Americas, Europe and various Asian and Pacific islands and nations. Participants of this workshop will gain an understanding of how racism and colonialism have impacted the entire world, and how the Haitian Revolution, African Independence and the Civil Rights/Black Power movements and Black Feminism have inspired transnationally.
Social Justice @ ASALH: How to Lead Social Justice
VirtualDr. Brock will share the ASALH Social Justice Toolkit with workshop attendees. She will review issues such as White Supremacy, Reparations, Abolition, and the Black Radical Tradition. Those who attend will gain access to a digital version of the toolkit, complete with Glossary, Resources for Workshop Leaders, and questions and prompts to pose to community members for reflection. The goal: to train all of us in the art of teaching and learning social justice.
The Annual Dr. Carter G. Woodson Birthday Commemoration
Dunbar High School 101 N Street NW, Washington, DC, United States
Dr. Carter G. Woodson Annual Birthday Celebration
Dunbar High School 101 N Street NW, Washington, DC, United States
PBS Books: Author Talk: ZORA NEALE HURSTON with Genevieve West, Ph.D., & Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Ph.D.
PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host the program about Zora Neale Hurston's latest book "You Don't Know Us Negroes […]
Virtual Author’s Talk with Ibram X. Kendi, Ph.D: Celebrating Black History: Zora Neale Hurston
VirtualThis Festival Session features Ibram X. Kendi discussing the book, Magnolia Flower.
D.C. Black History Committee Annual Black History Celebration Kick-Off
Westminster Church 400 I Street SW, Washington, DC, United States
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Phyllis Biffle Elmore
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Phyllis Biffle Elmore discussing her book Quilt of Souls: A Memoir.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Desiree Cooper
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Desiree Cooper discussing her book Nothing Special.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Kristin Waters
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Kristin Waters discussing her book Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Grace Jackson-Brown
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Grace Jackson-Brown discussing her book Promoting African American Writers: Library Partnerships for Outreach, Programming, and Literacy.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Holly A. Pinheiro Jr
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Holly A. Pinheiro Jr discussing his book The Families' Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Christopher Nelson
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Christopher Nelson discussing his book The C.R. Patterson and Sons Company: Black Pioneers in the Vehicle Building Industry, 1865-1939.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Cody McDevitt
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Cody McDevitt discussing his book Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Mary L Romney-Schaab
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Mary L Romney-Schaab discussing her book, An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era: From Papiamentu to German.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Ruben Britt Jr.
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Ruben Britt Jr. discussing his book, Black and Powerful: A Career Guide for Tomorrow's Top Leaders.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Rohulamin Quander
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Rohulamin Quander discussing his book, The Quanders: Since 1684, an Enduring African American Legacy,
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Dr. Timothy E. Nelson
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Dr. Timothy E. Nelson discussing his book, Blackdom, New Mexico: The Significance of the Afro-Frontier (1900-1930).
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Tony Warner
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Tony Warner discussing his book, Black History Walks in London: Volume 1.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Dr. Virginia Summey
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Dr. Virginia Summey discussing his book, The Life of Elreta Melton Alexander: Activism Within The Courts.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Dr. Brian Jones
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Dr. Brian Jones discussing his book, The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Elizabeth Eckford, Dr. Eurydice Stanley, & Grace Stanley
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Elizabeth Eckford discussing the book, The Worst First Day: Bullied While Desegregating Central High
POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH – Social Justice Workshop Wednesday: Black Resistance Across Time and Space
POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH - This Festival Session features author Dr. Lisa Brock.
Virtual Author’s Talk with Reporter Jonathan Abrams and Reporter Angela Idowu: Celebrating Black History: Music As Resistance
VirtualThis Festival Session features reporter Jonathan Abrams of the New York Times and reporter Angela Idowu of WTTW.
The 1619 Project Education Conference (2023)
VirtualOn February 18 and 19, The 1619 Project will host the second 1619 Education Conference. This free, virtual, two-day event will feature a stellar lineup of keynote speakers and panelists, including Ibram X. Kendi, Martha S. Jones, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Kimberly Henderson, Cornelius Eady, A. Van Jordan, and Tim Seibles. It will also offer participants the opportunity […]
“Walk in the Footsteps of Dr. Carter G. Woodson!”
Mary McLeod Bethune Council House 1318 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., DC, United StatesVisitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. In this spellbinding first person delivery "Dr. Woodson" will take visitors from the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site on an interpretive journey to Dr. Woodson's residence in the Shaw Neighborhood.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Keith Holmes
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Keith Holmes discussing his book, Black Inventors Crafting Over 200 Years of Success.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Margaret Seidler
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Margaret Seidler discussing her book, Ukweli - Searching for Healing Truth - South Carolina Writers and Poets Explore American Racism.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Denys Davis
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Denys Davis discussing her book, Unheard Melodies.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Dr. Dan Berger
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Dr. Dan Berger discussing his book, Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Bernice Alexander Bennett
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Bernice Alexander Bennett discussing her book, Black Homesteaders of the South.
Virtual Author’s Book Talk Event: Charlene Hampton Holloway
VirtualThis Festival Session features author Charlene Hampton Holloway discussing her book, Whitlock's Compositions.