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AACRN Members Only – Network to Freedom NPS Information Session
WebinarWebinar | 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) […]
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Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) & ASALH Presents “LIFT!: Music and Black Labor Series”
CAAPA Cultural Center (CCC) 1900 Tucker Road, Fort Washington, MD, United States -
110th Annual Conference
110th Annual Conference September 24-28th, 2025 Use the form below to sign up for ASALH emails to stay updated about the conference.
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Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA) & ASALH Presents “LIFT!: Music and Black Labor Series”
CAAPA Cultural Center (CCC) 1900 Tucker Road, Fort Washington, MD, United States -
Workshop – Video Production for Historic Sites: Capturing the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Presenter: Linda Lamar, Founder & Ceo of Dickerson Civic Center. Presenter: Ryan Heathcock, Once Upon A Time Ryan Intl Legal Video Services.
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ASALH Executive Council Meeting
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 […]
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Key Sessions – Remembering and Memorializing Black Labor: Public History as Preservation and Policy-Making
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.
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The Statue of Liberty is Black: Perspectives from a Volatile Research Project
Chair: Erick Jackson, Northern Kentucky University. Panelist: Samuel Collins, Towson University. Panelist: Matthew Durington, Towson University. Panelist: Chayanne Marcano, Independent Researcher.
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Film Festival: 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)
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.
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Key Sessions – Building Harlem’s Global World: Lessons from Hubert Harrison and the Women of Universal Negro Improvement Association
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.
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Cynthia Spence Session – Scholars Transforming the Academy: Histories Created, Reimagined, and Retold
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 […]
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Thursday Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference
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 […]
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Towards a Theory of Liberation: The State of Black Radicalism Today – Thursday Plenary Session
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.
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Presidential Sessions – Fourth Convening and Live Radio Broadcast: “Today with Dr. Kaye”
Presenter: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University. Panelist: Daryl Michael Scott, Former ASALH National President More speakers to follow!
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Film Festival: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)
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 […]
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Key Sessions – A’N’T I A Woman?: Reflections on Black Women’s Lives and Labors After Forty Years
Chair: Cinnamon Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presenter: Candice Merritt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Presenter: Beatrice J Adams. Presenter: Olivia Johnson, Emory University.
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Virtual Presentation: “Black History at the Vassall Estate”
Online via ZoomOnline Event | September 25, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. EST | Registration Required | Free A new research study, commissioned by the National Park Service and titled "Black History at the Vassall Estate," is nearing completion. This study documents and analyzes the Black experience at 105 Brattle Street (now known as Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site) […]
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Webinar – Black History at the Vassall Estate
Online via ZoomLive Digital Event | September 25, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. EST Join the authors of Black History at the Vassall Estate for a virtual presentation on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 6:00–7:00 pm ET. They’ll introduce the study, highlight key findings, and offer a behind-the-scenes look at their research and writing process. This free program […]
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Film Festival: Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story (2012)
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 […]
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W.G.S M.A. Open House – the CUNY Graduate Center
Online via ZoomOnline via Zoom | September 25, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. EST | Free and Open to the Public Please join the Women's and Gender Studies M.A. Program on Thursday, September 25, at 6:30 PM EST on Zoom for […]
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Film Festival: Killer of Sheep (1978)
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.
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The North Jersey Stamp Expo: A World Series of Philately Stamp Show
Hilton Hasbrouck Heights Hotel 650 Terrace Ave, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ, United StatesIn-Person Event | September 26-28, 2025 The North Jersey Stamp Expo is just around the corner, taking place from Sept 26-28, 2025. We can't wait to see you there! Whether […]
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Key Sessions – Black Women’s Work: Understanding Local Organizing Traditions Within the Civil Rights Movement
Chair: Beatrice J Adams. Presenter: Allison Mashell Mitchell, University of Notre Dame. Presenter: Jessica A. Rucker, University of Maryland College Park. Presenter: JoCora Moore, Elizabeth City State University. Presenter: Christina J Thomas.
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Key Sessions – A Discussion on the History of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Freedom Schools with Charles Cobb, Jr.
Chair: Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua. Presenter: Charles Cobb, SNCC Veteran. Presenter: Augustus Wood. Presenter: Leslie Etienne, Joseph T. Taylor Branch of ASALH. Presenter: Faith Golden, African American Museum of Dallas
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Key Sessions – The Life & Legacy of Robert L. Allen
Moderator: Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Participant: Charisse Burden-Stelly. Participant: Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California Berkeley. Participant: Lia T Bascomb.
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Film Festival: Sorry to Bother You (2018)
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.
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Key Sessions – Crusaders for Justice: Robert & Mabel Williams’ Memoirs and Their Value for the Twenty-First Century
Chair: Edward Onaci, Ursinus College. Presenter: Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University. Presenter: Claude Marks, Freedom Archives. Presenter: Gloria House, University of Michigan-Dearborn.
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Presidential Sessions – Framing the “Freedom Season”: A Meditation on 1963
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.
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Friday Blassingame Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference
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 […]
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The Legacy and Scholarship of Joe William Trotter, Jr. – Friday Plenary Session
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. […]
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Key Sessions – Howard Mellon Workshop: Social Justice and Labor
Leader: Lisa Brock, Mellon Foundation.
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Film Festival: Clara’s Fruit (2025)
A principal lovingly reflects on the 90-year legacy of Mohammed Schools of Atlanta, the first Muslim private school system in the country.
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Film Festival: Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
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 […]
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Film Festival: Union (2024) (With Guest Chris Smalls)
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.
