AAAM 2025 Save the Date

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, SC, United States

Save the Date for AAAM 2025. Charleston, SC

ASALH Freedom School Informational Meeting

Online via Zoom

Online Via Zoom | Wednesday July 23, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. EST/6:00 p.m. CST All ASALH Branch members and ASALH Institutional Members interested in details about the ASALH Freedom Schools […]

An Unforgettable Afternoon with A’Lelia Bundles

Featherstone Center for the Arts 30 Featherstone Lane, Oak Bluffs, United States

In-Person Event | July 30, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. EST A'Lelia Bundles is an award-winning journalist and the great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker. Ms. Bundles will present her newest biography, […]

The 9th Annual Fundraiser for ASALH Martha’s Vineyard

Union Chapel 55 Narragansett Avenue, Oak Bluffs, MA, United States

In-Person Event | August 24, 2025 | 5:00 p.m. EST Please join us in honoring the recipients of the 2025 ASALH MV Distinguished Achievers Award: Kahina Van Dyke, owner of […]

ASALH 110th and MVB 23rd Founder’s Day

Edgartown Public Library 26 Edgartown West Tisbury Road, Edgartown, MA, United States

In-Person Event | Saturday, September 6 2025 | 1:00 p.m. EST Book Talk by James B. Haile, author of The Dark Delight of Being Strange. Mr. Haile is an Associate […]

110th Annual Conference

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

110th Annual Conference September 24-28th, 2025 Use the form below to sign up for ASALH emails to stay updated about the conference.  

ASALH Executive Council Meeting

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

Executive Council Meeting Wednesday, September 24, 2025 1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST This meeting will be held in person at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park. Please RSVP […]

Film Festival: 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)

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

This movie documents Labor Union activist A. Philip Randolph's efforts to organize the Black Pullman porters of the Chicago Pullman Railroad Company in 1920s America.

Thursday Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference

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

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 […]

Film Festival: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)

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

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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. […]

ASALH Annual Member’s Business Meeting

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

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 and the […]

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 […]

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.

Annual Branch Members In-Person Meeting

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

The Annual Branch Meeting and Workshop will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 8 am - 11:50 am during the Annual Conference. All branch presidents are encouraged to […]