Live Digital Event | Monday, September 1, 2025 | 6 p.m. EST/ 5 p.m. CST/ 4 p.m. MST/ 3 p.m. PST All individuals who are presenting at the conference are encouraged to attend. Gus Woods, the Academic Program Chair, and Vice President for Programs Aaisha Haykal will review important information regarding sessions. All session presenters, […]
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 Professor of Philosophy with a joint appointment in English at the University of Rhode Island. In a series of stories and essays, Mr. Haile traces […]
Live Digital Event | September 8, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. EST All individuals who are members or who are interested in joining the Carter G. Woodson Branch in Washington, DC, should join this meeting. Topic: 2025 Carter G. Woodson Branch Meetings Time: 7:00 p.m. Join Zoom Meeting https://asalh.zoom.us/j/88608498676?pwd=4G8ESNQDpfUsBXIRHIaGagKdgqBabI.1 Meeting ID: 886 0849 8676 Passcode: […]
In-person Event | September 9, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. EST | Open to the public The Manasota Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) invites you to join us in honoring our rich legacy and the visionary founders of our organization with a special Founders' Day Celebration and […]
Livestreamed Event | September 9, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. EST
In-person Event | September 10, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. EST | $15 Admission Fee REGISTRATION REQUIRED Join us for a special discussion this Wednesday, September 10, 2025, that traces Deanwood’s history through the story of Isaac and Mary Scott—the African American couple who managed Woodrow and Edith Wilson’s household on S Street. Their Deanwood home […]
In-Person Event | September 10, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST At Issue: The Erasure of Black History Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning Historian Marcia Chatelain and New York Times White House Correspondent Erica L. Green. Presented by Hill Center in conjunction with the Benjamin Drummond Emancipation Day Celebration. Hill Center’s At Issue series continues […]
In-Person Event | September 11, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. EST In honor of Founders Day, ASALH South Florida will host Dr. Maurice Hobson, author of "With Faith in God and Heart and Mind: A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity", and honor local hero Florida Sen. Rosalind Osgood as a South Florida Culture Keeper. Highlights […]
In-person Event | September 13, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. EST Emancipation Day Celebration Join us in commemorating the 176th anniversary of Harriet Tubman's courageous choice to self-emancipate and embark on her journey with the Underground Railroad all day on Saturday, September 13. See full schedule below. Saturday, September 13 Schedule of Events: 10 a.m.: Join Ranger Robin to […]
In-person Event | September 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m. CST All who are interested in the Organizing Hall Branch of Chicago should plan to attend this meeting. Important information will be discussed regarding the branch and programming. https://x.com/asalhchi
Live Digital Event | September 13, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. EST/1:00 p.m. CST There will be a brief business meeting (election of officers) and a tour of the museum. The Museum is a historic property maintained by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George's County.
In-Person Event | September 13, 2025 | 3:00 p.m. EST 110th Anniversary Celebration presented by the Dorothy Turner Johnson Branch of ASALH. Address: Eatonville Library 200 E Kennedy Blvd, Eatonville, Florida 32801 Date: September 13th, 2025 Time: 3:00 p.m. EST
In-person Event | September 14, 2025 | 4:00 p.m. EST
In-Person Event | September 17, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. EST ASALH Philadelphia Branches, in collaboration with HSP, present "A Labor of Love." Join legendary radio host, journalist, and cultural advocate Dyana Williams for a conversation on the power of Black music as a vessel for history, memory, and identity. As a cofounder of Black Music […]
Online via Zoom | September 17, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. EST
Online via Zoom | September 18, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. EST What happens when you see a problem in your community? For Dr. Jennifer Jones, the answer was clear: take action. When hundreds of thousands of women lost their jobs, she launched the Federal Workers Initiative to help displaced federal workers draw on their expertise and move forward in new, […]
ASALH PhilaMontco Branch Meetings Schedule and Locations Sunday, January 26, 2025- Black History Month Proclamation Ceremony (Arcadia University) February 1, 2025- Black Ballerina Community Screening and Recruitment Fair Sunday, March […]
Hybrid Event | September 20, 2025 | 10:15 a.m. EST James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH will host its 2025 Founders' Day Program on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Jacksonville Urban League, 903 W Union St., Jacksonville, Florida 32204. The event is a hybrid event. Meeting ID: 870 7796 4847 Passcode: 069622
ASALH PhilaMontco Branch Meetings Schedule and Locations Sunday, January 26, 2025- Black History Month Proclamation Ceremony (Arcadia University) February 1, 2025- Black Ballerina Community Screening and Recruitment Fair Sunday, March […]
In-Person Event | September 21, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. EST Step into the glittering world of the Harlem Renaissance, where art, politics, and pleasure converged in a swirl of brilliance and […]
Webinar | September 22, 2025 | 1:30 p.m. EST | AACRN MEMBERS ONLY AACRN and Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Information Session The African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN) and the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTE) are hosting a joint information session for AACRN members on how to join the Network to […]
110th Annual Conference September 24-28th, 2025 Use the form below to sign up for ASALH emails to stay updated about the conference.
Presenter: Linda Lamar, Founder & Ceo of Dickerson Civic Center. Presenter: Ryan Heathcock, Once Upon A Time Ryan Intl Legal Video Services.
Executive Council Meeting Wednesday, September 24, 2025 In-person only 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST This meeting will be held in-person at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park. Please […]
Chair: Nishani Frazier, Miami University of Ohio. Presenter: John Goncalves, North Carolina State University. Presenter: Liam McCandless, North Carolina State University. Presenter: Katie Boatner, North Carolina State University, Public History.
Chair: Erick Jackson, Northern Kentucky University. Panelist: Samuel Collins, Towson University. Panelist: Matthew Durington, Towson University. Panelist: Chayanne Marcano, Independent Researcher.
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.
Chair: Gerald Horne. Presenter: Brian Kwoba, University of Memphis. Presenter: Natanya P. Duncan, Queens College City University of New York. Presenter: Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California Berkeley. Presenter: Charisse Burden-Stelly.
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!
