Moderator: Cinthya Neal Spence, Spelman College. Presenter: Nafeesa H. Muhammad, Spelman College. Presenter: Vincent Willis, New College of Florida. Presenter: Mahaliah A. Little, Spelman College. Presenter: Maurice Hobson, Georgia State […]
Thursday Luncheon Speaker is Dr. Edda Fields Black, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History for her work Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil […]
Moderator: Ashley Howard, University of Iowa. Panelist: Charisse Burden-Stelly, Wayne State University. Panelist: Gerald Horne. Panelist: Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University African American Studies. Panelist: Joy James, Williams College.
Presenter: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University. Panelist: Daryl Michael Scott, Former ASALH National President More speakers to follow!
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the rise & fall of the titular housing complex in St. Louis, examining racism & gov. Policies through interviews with former residents & historical footage. Ft […]
Chair: Cinnamon Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presenter: Candice Merritt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Presenter: Beatrice J Adams. Presenter: Olivia Johnson, Emory University.
While filming a documentary in Mississippi in 1965, Frank De Felitta forever changed the life of an African-American waiter and his family. In 2011, Frank’s son returns to the Delta […]
Online via Zoom | September 25, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. EST | Free and Open to the Public Please join the Women's and Gender Studies M.A. Program on Thursday, September 25, at 6:30 PM EST on Zoom for our Open House! Prospective students are encouraged to attend this virtual open house to hear from current students, faculty, and our staff about the program. Attendees […]
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
Chair: Beatrice J Adams. Presenter: Allison Mashell Mitchell, University of Notre Dame. Presenter: Jessica A. Rucker, University of Maryland College Park. Presenter: JoCora Moore, Elizabeth City State University. Presenter: Christina J Thomas.
Chair: Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua. Presenter: Charles Cobb, SNCC Veteran. Presenter: Augustus Wood. Presenter: Leslie Etienne, Joseph T. Taylor Branch of ASALH. Presenter: Faith Golden, African American Museum of Dallas
Moderator: Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Participant: Charisse Burden-Stelly. Participant: Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California Berkeley. Participant: Lia T Bascomb.
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, which propels him into a macabre universe.
Chair: Edward Onaci, Ursinus College. Presenter: Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University. Presenter: Claude Marks, Freedom Archives. Presenter: Gloria House, University of Michigan-Dearborn.
Chair: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University. Discussant: Candace Cunningham, University of Arkansas. Presenter: Peniel E. Joseph, University of Texas at Austin. Presenter: Zebulon Vance Miletsky, Manhattan Branch of ASALH. Presenter: Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College.
The John Blassingame Luncheon is named after one of ASALH’s stalwart members. Born on March 23, 1940, in Covington, Georgia, the future historian graduated from Fort Valley State College, received […]
Participant: Augustus Wood Participant: Sundiata Kieta Cha-Jua Participant: Blair LM Kelley (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Participant: Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) Commentator: Joe W. Trotter (Carnegie Mellon University Dept. […]
Leader: Lisa Brock, Mellon Foundation.
A principal lovingly reflects on the 90-year legacy of Mohammed Schools of Atlanta, the first Muslim private school system in the country.
Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film “Jivetime Jimmy’s Revenge.” When Tinseltown […]
Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.
Hearing Silences: 50 Years of Black Women Faculty at Northwestern University (2025), Ava Thompson Greenwell (37 min) Mandela in Chicago. Ava Thompson Greenwell (55 min): Details the period during which […]
Chair and Commentator: Gerald Horne. Presenter: Sean Gallagher, University of South Carolina. Presenter: Maria Esther Hammack. Presenter: Andrew Lawler, Author and Journalist.
Chair: Darius J Young, Florida A&M University. Presenter: JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike. Presenter: Ibram X Kendi. Presenter: Peniel E. Joseph, University of Texas-Austin. Presenter: Ashley Farmer, University of Texas-Austin.
Chair: Errin Haines, The 19th News. Presenter: William Jones, University of Minnesota. Presenter: Jane Berger, Moravian College. Presenter: Marc Bayard, Institute for Policy Studies. Presenter: Elizabeth Todd-Breland, The University of Illinois at Chicago.
Moderator: Ian Hartman, University of Alaska Anchorage. Panelist: Hannibal B. Johnson, 400 Years of African American History Commission. Panelist: Jewel Jones, 400 Years of African American History Commission. Panelist: Eleanor Andrews, 400 Years of African […]
The Remembrance Program will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. during the Annual Conference. All branch presidents are encouraged to attend. All branch members and those […]
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city’s slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.
Presenter: Chelsea Birchmier. Presenter: O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, Winthrop University. Presenter: Darius Caleb Smith. Presenter: Jonathan Dayan. Presenter: Erleen Ellis, The University of New Orleans.
Saturday Woodson Luncheon Speakers are Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge, authors of the book With Faith in God and Heart and […]
Finally Got the News! (1970) The League of Revolutionary Black Workers (57 min) A deep dive into the philosophy and organizing strategy of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers during […]
Chair: Quito Swan, The George Washington University. Presenter: Adisa Vera L. Beatty, Independent Scholar. Presenter: Alhaji Conteh, Hunter College-CUNY. Presenter: Kimberly Monroe, Trinity Washington University. Presenter: Latif Ashanti Tarik, Elizabeth City State University.
Moderator: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Moderator: Kimberle Crenshaw, AAPF
The in-person Annual Members' Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 27, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Omni Centennial Park Hotel in Ballroom D. All current members are encouraged to attend the Annual Members' Business Meeting. Details will be posted on the Member's Private page in September. https://asalh.org/members/membership-meeting/ President Kaye Wise Whitehead […]
The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Throughout the 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer established a legacy […]
