A Proclamation on Black Music Month, 2023

During Black Music Month, we pay homage to legends of American music, who have composed the soundtrack of American life. Their creativity has given rise to distinctly American art forms that influence contemporary music worldwide and sing to the soul of the American experience.

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in […]

ASALH Tampa Bay Branch USF Juneteenth Festival

On Saturday, June 17, 2023, the Tampa Bay Branch of ASALH participated in the University of South Florida (USF) Black Alumni Society Juneteenth Celebration. This multidisciplinary celebration was a free […]

The Inaugural Southwest Juneteenth Festival: History, Heritage, and Hope by Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D.

Carron Baptist Church 1354 First Street, Wahsington, D.C., DC, United States

The inaugural Southwest Juneteenth Festival takes place in an enclave in southwest Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 17, 2023 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. on the site of the historic Carron Baptist Church at 1354 First Street SW. This festival engages city-wide residents along with James Creek Dwellings, Syphax Gardens, Greenleaf Gardens, Greenleaf Gardens […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in Confederate states were declared free June 19, 1865, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will host a variety of events […]

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses

Virtual & In-Person

National Museum of African American History and Culture Offers Juneteenth Programming Sure To Tantalize the Senses     To celebrate the day when more than 200,000 enslaved African Americans in Confederate states were declared free June 19, 1865, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will host a variety of events […]

Real Conversations With AARP featuring the Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee

Virtual

  Join us for a new episode of Real Conversations With AARP featuring the Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee. She discusses her dedication to social justice and making Juneteenth a federal holiday. Register below to watch on June 19 at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT. CTA LINK:  https://events.aarp.org/DKn8L2?RefId=TW

Diving with a Purpose Recovering and Reexamining Our Roots

Virtual

A special re-broadcast of this event featuring a panel discussion with divers who seek to preserve the heritage of Black people through discovering and investigating wreckages of slave ships and salvaging artifacts. Panelists include: Justin Dunnavant, Leader, the Society of Black Archaeologists; Alexandra Jones, Founder and CEO, Archaeology in the Community; Kamau Sadiki, Leader, National […]

2023 Ida B Wells Festival

Ida B. Wells National Monument 3729 S Langley Ave., Chicago, IL, United States

“Meet the Candidates” Forum

Virtual via Zoom

Join us online where ASALH members and candidates can meet, July 6th from 7-9pm EST. This event will be hosted by David Walton via Zoom. Members will receive the Zoom link via email to attend these events.

“Meet the Candidates” Forum

Virtual via Zoom

Join us online where ASALH members and candidates can meet, July 7th from 7-9pm EST. This event will be hosted by David Walton via Zoom. Members will receive the Zoom link via email to attend these events.

PBS Books and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to Launch Upcoming Series, ‘Visions of America’

Virtual

This new digital-first series, hosted by IMLS Director Crosby Kemper explores the people, places and stories that have contributed to the America experience today. Watch the PBS Books interview tomorrow at PBSBooks.org or on the PBS Books Facebook  or YouTube   PBS Books is partnering with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal government cultural grant-making […]

Truman Civil Rights Symposium: To Secure These Rights

Library of Congress 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC, United States

The Truman Civil Rights Symposium opens with a dramatic program featuring Rep. James E. Clyburn, and Judge Richard Gergel, United States District Court for the District of South Carolina and author of Unexampled Courage: The Blinding of Sgt. Isaac Woodard and the Awakening of President Harry S. Truman and Judge J. Waties Waring, and, Dr. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress.

Truman Civil Rights Symposium: Evening at the National Archives

National Archives Washington, DC, United States

This public program is offered in conjunction with the Truman Civil Rights Symposium, a three-day national commemoration honoring the 75th anniversary of President Truman’s executive order to desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces.

Truman Civil Rights Symposium: The Future of Inclusion: Equal Opportunity in Today’s Military – and Tomorrow’s

National Museum of African American History and Culture Washington, DC, United States

Moderated by Theodore “Ted” R. Johnson, the final program of the Truman Civil Rights Symposium looks ahead to ask where we are going as a nation pledged to human rights and equality, in light of the history of E.O. 9981 and the experiences of African American veterans.