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  • Film Festival: Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story (2012)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 to examine the repercussions of that fateful encounter.

  • Film Festival: Killer of Sheep (1978)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

  • Key Sessions – The Life & Legacy of Robert L. Allen

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Moderator: Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Participant: Charisse Burden-Stelly. Participant: Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California Berkeley. Participant: Lia T Bascomb.

  • Film Festival: Sorry to Bother You (2018)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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.

  • Presidential Sessions – Framing the “Freedom Season”: A Meditation on 1963

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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.

  • Friday Blassingame Luncheon - Friday, Sept. 26 | 12:00 PM EST | Chris Smalls

    Friday Blassingame Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 a master’s from Howard University, and a doctorate from Yale University. He began his teaching career at Howard and spent the majority of his career […]

  • The Legacy & Scholarship of Joe William Trotter, Jr. - Friday, Sept. 26 | 2:15 PM EST

    The Legacy and Scholarship of Joe William Trotter, Jr. – Friday Plenary Session

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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. of History) Moderator: Naomi R. Williams

  • Film Festival: Clara’s Fruit (2025)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    A principal lovingly reflects on the 90-year legacy of Mohammed Schools of Atlanta, the first Muslim private school system in the country.

  • Film Festival: Hollywood Shuffle (1987)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals […]

  • Film Festival: Union (2024) (With Guest Chris Smalls)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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.

  • Ava Greenwell Festival

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 Nelson Mandela toured Chicago.

  • Key Sessions – 1776 and the Revolt Against British Rule

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    Chair and Commentator: Gerald Horne. Presenter: Sean Gallagher, University of South Carolina. Presenter: Maria Esther Hammack. Presenter: Andrew Lawler, Author and Journalist.

  • Key Sessions – Our Black Shining Prince: Malcolm X at 100

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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.

  • Key Sessions – Black Public Workers and the Dignity of Labor

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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.

  • Key Sessions – A Pipeline of Black History Connecting Alaska and Oklahoma

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 History Commission.

  • Film Festival: The Killing Floor (1984)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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.

  • Saturday Woodson Luncheon - Saturday, Sept. 27 12:00 pm EST

    Saturday Woodson Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 Mind: A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Topic for the Luncheon Talk: "An Unusual Emphasis on Scholarship: Carter G. Woodson. Omega Psi Phi, and […]

  • Black Radical Labor Documentary Festival

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 the Black Power Movement in Detroit. Wildcat At Mead (1972) The October League (50 min) A documentary of the 1972 Mead Strike in Atlanta, where […]

  • Key Sessions – Global Ties, Radical Struggles: Pan-Africanism, Labor and Anti-Imperialism in the 20th Century

    Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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.

  • ASALH Annual Awards Banquet

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

  • Film Festival: Fannie Lou Hamer’s America (2022)

    The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States

    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 of civil rights and human rights activism that remains relevant to this day – especially among Black youth.

  • ASALH Executive Council Meeting

    Virtual via Zoom

    Executive Council Meeting Thursday, November 20, 2025 7:00 p.m. EST This meeting will be held online via Zoom. Access will be provided to ASALH members who request it. Requests to observe the meeting must be made using this form. The Zoom info will be emailed to all members who RSVP by November 20th at 12 […]

  • ASALH Executive Council Meeting

    Virtual via Zoom

    Executive Council Meeting Thursday, December 18, 2025 7:00 p.m. EST/ 6:00 p.m. CST/ 5:00 p.m. MST/ 4:00 p.m. PST This meeting will be held online via Zoom. Access will be provided to current ASALH members who request it. Requests to observe the meeting must be made using this form.

  • ASALH Executive Council Meeting

    Virtual via Zoom

    Executive Council Meeting Thursday, January 22, 2026 7:00 p.m. EST/ 6:00 p.m. CST/ 5:00 p.m. MST/ 4:00 p.m. PST This meeting will be held online via Zoom. Access will be […]

  • ASALH Executive Council Meeting

    In Person Washington, WA, United States

    Executive Council Meeting Friday, February 27, 2026 9:30 a.m. EST This meeting will be held in person in Washington, DC, NW. The location will be provided to members who wish […]

  • The Annual Black History Month Luncheon

    JW Marriott, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004 1331 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States

    The Annual Black History Month Luncheon will be held on February 28, 2026 in Washington, DC