Network to Freedom Applications Open House
VirtualThe January 15, 2023 deadline to submit Network to Freedom Applications is rapidly approaching! Recently, the Network to Freedom shifted to an online application system. The Network to Freedom Program recently hosted a series of online trainings to explain how to use the online application system. To view a recording of this training, you can check out our Online Application Resources and Training Page. If […]
ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch Event, Rosewood Forever: Centennial Kick-Off Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the 1923 Massacre
Bo Diddley Community Plaza 111 E. University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, United States
Network to Freedom Applications Open House
VirtualThe January 15, 2023 deadline to submit Network to Freedom Applications is rapidly approaching! Recently, the Network to Freedom shifted to an online application system. The Network to Freedom Program recently hosted a series of online trainings to explain how to use the online application system. To view a recording of this training, you can check out our Online Application Resources and Training Page. If […]
Network to Freedom Applications Open House
VirtualThe January 15, 2023 deadline to submit Network to Freedom Applications is rapidly approaching! Recently, the Network to Freedom shifted to an online application system. The Network to Freedom Program recently hosted a series of online trainings to explain how to use the online application system. To view a recording of this training, you can check out our Online Application Resources and Training Page. If […]
January National Branch Membership Meeting
Virtual via ZoomGeneral Meeting
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 & Other Essays" with co-editor Genevieve West, Ph.D. in conversation with Monica Miller, Ph.D., in connection with AMERICAN EXPERIENCE episode Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space. Co-editor Henry Louis Gates, […]
ASALH W. Marvin Dulaney D/FW ASALH Branch Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Dallas Institute 1816 Routh Street, Dallas, TX, United States
ASALH W. Marvin Dulaney D/FW Branch Event, Solidarity Now! 1968 Poor People Campaign!
African American Museum of Dallas 3536 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX, United States
ASALH W. Marvin Dulaney D/FW Branch Watch Party Event, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reads His “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Virtual via YouTubeMARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, sitting in the Jefferson County Jail, in Birmingham, Alabama, 11/3/67. Everett/CSU Archives. In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) celebration we want to take this time on Saturday January 14, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. CST. To observe one of our profound members during the Civil Rights Movement. The W. […]
ASALH Charles A. Brown-Birmingham Branch & the Birmingham Public Library Presents, “CIVIL RIGHTS NOW: Movements of Community Resistance”
Birmingham Public Library - Five Points West Branch 4812 Avenue W, Birmingham, AL, United States
ASALH The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group Branch Event, Northland’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
William Jewell College, The Gano Chapel 500 College Hill, Liberty, MO, United States
Documentary Film: THE BIG PAYBACK Airs on PBS
Online/PBS TelevisionABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY A rookie alderwoman from Evanston, Illinois, led the passage of the first tax-funded reparations for Black Americans. While she and her community struggle with the burden to make restitution for its citizens, a national racial crisis engulfs the country. Will the debt ever be addressed, or is it too late for this […]
Casting Identities: Race and American Sculpture (Session 1)
Chesterwood announces the first roundtable session for “Casting Identities: Race and American Sculpture”, an ongoing digital humanities project led by Emily Burns, Director, Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, University of Oklahoma. The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s project “For the People, By the People: Transforming National Trust […]
ASALH Dr. Carter G. Woodson Greater Trenton Branch Event, African Ancestry Reveal Experience Information Session
William Trent House Visitor Center 15 Market Street, Trenton, NJ, United States
Casting Identities: Race and American Sculpture (Session 2)
VirtualChesterwood announces the second roundtable session for “Casting Identities: Race and American Sculpture”, an ongoing digital humanities project led by Emily Burns, Director, Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, University of Oklahoma. The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s project “For the People by the People: Transforming National Trust […]
ReadersMagnet at LibLearnX 2023: Making a Festival out of Literature and Books
LouNew Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center 900 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA, United StatesSelf-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will open its book event season with LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience (LLX). The said event will run from January 27 to 30, 2023, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA.
ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch Program & Meeting
903 West Union Street Jacksonville, Florida 32204 903 West Union Street, Jacksonville, FL, United StatesThe history of the branch will be presented by our Local Historian Khamil L. Ojoyo. Other presentations are "The Power & Science of Positivity" by Elaine Sugar and "Parliamentary Procedure" by Linda Butner.
Opening Program and Exploring Aspects of Black Resistance Session
Online via ASALH TVThis Festival Session features W. Marvin Dulaney, Sylvia Cyrus, Shively T. J. Smith, moderator Martha Biondi, panelist Charisse Burden-Stelly, and panelist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.
Black History Month Virtual Presentation: Virginia Key Beach Park During Jim Crow in Miami
Virtual via ZoomJoin staff from the historic Virginia Key Beach Park to explore the history of the park and its role in the African American community in Miami during the Jim Crow Era. Registration is required.
ASALH Our Author’s Study Club Branch Event, OASC 2023 African American Heritage Month/Black History Schedule Of Events
Virtual via ZoomMayor Karen Bass and Our Authors Study Club cordially invite you to the City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month Roundtable Discussion "Black Resistance."
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.
ASALH Our Authors Study Club Branch Event: OASC African American Heritage Month Round Opening Ceremonies “Black Resistance”
Virtual via ZoomCommissioner Mike Davis, the Lura Daniels-Ball, President, Our Authors Study Club, Michael Lawson, President & CEO Los Angeles, Urban League, and other City officials will honor Living Legends at this year's City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month virtual celebration.
Champion Women at Women of Influence Summit 2023
Prime Experiences/Memories for A Lifetim 240 N Jeff Davis Dr, Fayetteville, GA, United StatesAbout the event Connecting professional women in a one day comprehensive leadership opportunity for women seeking to connect and collaborate, like minded individuals. Women will leave with enhanced leaderships skills, better equipped to lead in their business, in their community, their organization, and their personal life. Aside from the remarkable lineup of keynote speakers, we […]
D.C. Black History Committee Annual Black History Celebration Kick-Off
Westminster Church 400 I Street SW, Washington, DC, United States
Black Landowners and Farmers: Reclaiming Land and Civil Rights
Online via ASALH TVThis Festival Session features moderator Shirley Sherrod.
ASALH Prince George’s County Truth Branch Event: Stop! Not Me: Music and Black Resistance
Montpelier Arts Center 9652 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD, United StatesPanel discussion and opening of series exploring violence and music of Black America , co-sponsored with The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts.
ASALH W. Marvin Dulaney D/FW Branch Event, Black History Month at The African American Musuem
The African American Museum 3536 Grand Avenue, Dallas, TX, United StatesDr. Carter G. Woodson Opening Lecture for Black History Month by Dr. Betis English of Alabama State University: "Resisting Revanchism: African American Challenges to Educational Subordination in the Unreconstructed South, 1865 to the Present"
Mt. Pleasant Library Screening Barry Farm: Community, Land, and Justice
Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library 3160 16th St NW, Washington, DC, United States
Warrior Queen Nzingha: Tell Them We Fought Back
Online via ASALH TVThis Festival Session features moderator Gloria Browne-Marshall, panelist Vladimiro Fortuna, and panelist Joao Laurenco.
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.
African American Music and the Struggle for Freedom
Online via ASALH TVThis event features panelist Fernando Orejuela, panelist Langston C. Wilkins, panelist Allie Martin, panelist Stephanie Shonekan, panelist Portia K. Maultsby, and moderator John Fleming.
Call & Response: Liberation Theology, Resistance and The Black Church
Online via ASALH TVThis event features the call John W. Kinney, respondents Yolanda Pierce, Terrence L. Johnson, Julia Robinson Moore, Earle J. Fisher and ASALH Richmond Branch President Michelle Evans-Oliver.
February National Branch Membership Meeting
Virtual via ZoomPresident Dulaney’s request The Zoom information will be emailed to ASALH Branch members. If you are a member who is not receiving member emails, please send a email with your […]
Chat with 2022 National Parks Conservation Association’s Centennial Leader Awardees Sylvia Cyrus and Audrey Peterman
Virtual via ZoomSylvia Cyrus and Audrey Peterman were awardees of the National Parks Conservation Association’s Centennial Leader Award in 2022 and will be interviewed Saturday, February 11, 2023 @ 10 a.m. to 12 […]