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 our Open House! Prospective students are encouraged to attend this virtual open house to hear from current students, faculty, and our staff about the program. Attendees […]
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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 you can only make it for one day or you're free for all three, the North Jersey Stamp Expo is designed to fit your schedule. […]
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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.
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Annual Branch Members’ In-Person Meeting
The Annual Branch Meeting and Workshop will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. during the Annual Conference. All branch presidents are encouraged to […]
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Ava Greenwell Festival
Hearing Silences: 50 Years of Black Women Faculty at Northwestern University (2025), Ava Thompson Greenwell (37 min) Mandela in Chicago. Ava Thompson Greenwell (55 min): Details the period during which […]
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Key Sessions – 1776 and the Revolt Against British Rule
Chair and Commentator: Gerald Horne. Presenter: Sean Gallagher, University of South Carolina. Presenter: Maria Esther Hammack. Presenter: Andrew Lawler, Author and Journalist.
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Key Sessions – Our Black Shining Prince: Malcolm X at 100
Chair: Darius J Young, Florida A&M University. Presenter: JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike. Presenter: Ibram X Kendi. Presenter: Peniel E. Joseph, University of Texas-Austin. Presenter: Ashley Farmer, University of Texas-Austin.
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Key Sessions – Black Public Workers and the Dignity of Labor
Chair: Errin Haines, The 19th News. Presenter: William Jones, University of Minnesota. Presenter: Jane Berger, Moravian College. Presenter: Marc Bayard, Institute for Policy Studies. Presenter: Elizabeth Todd-Breland, The University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Key Sessions – A Pipeline of Black History Connecting Alaska and Oklahoma
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United StatesModerator: Ian Hartman, University of Alaska Anchorage. Panelist: Hannibal B. Johnson, 400 Years of African American History Commission. Panelist: Jewel Jones, 400 Years of African American History Commission. Panelist: Eleanor Andrews, 400 Years of African […]
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Remembrance Program
The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe Remembrance Program will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. during the Annual Conference. All branch presidents are encouraged to attend. All branch members and those […]
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Film Festival: The Killing Floor (1984)
The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesDuring World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city’s slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.
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Key Sessions – Grit & the Ground We Stand On: History of Black Working-Class Resistance
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United StatesPresenter: Chelsea Birchmier. Presenter: O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, Winthrop University. Presenter: Darius Caleb Smith. Presenter: Jonathan Dayan. Presenter: Erleen Ellis, The University of New Orleans.
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Saturday Woodson Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United StatesSaturday Woodson Luncheon Speakers are Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge, authors of the book With Faith in God and Heart and […]
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Black Radical Labor Documentary Festival
The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesFinally Got the News! (1970) The League of Revolutionary Black Workers (57 min) A deep dive into the philosophy and organizing strategy of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers during […]
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Key Sessions – Global Ties, Radical Struggles: Pan-Africanism, Labor and Anti-Imperialism in the 20th Century
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United StatesChair: Quito Swan, The George Washington University. Presenter: Adisa Vera L. Beatty, Independent Scholar. Presenter: Alhaji Conteh, Hunter College-CUNY. Presenter: Kimberly Monroe, Trinity Washington University. Presenter: Latif Ashanti Tarik, Elizabeth City State University.
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Presidential Sessions – #SAYHERNAME: Black Women’s Stories of Police Violence and Public Silence
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United StatesModerator: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Moderator: Kimberle Crenshaw, AAPF
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Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs
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ASALH Annual Member’s Business Meeting
Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St. Northwest, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe in-person Annual Members' Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 27, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Omni Centennial Park Hotel in Ballroom D. 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 […]
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ASALH Annual Awards Banquet
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Film Festival: Fannie Lou Hamer’s America (2022)
The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United StatesThe film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Throughout the 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer established a legacy […]
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Post-Conference Atlanta Westside & 1906 Race Massacre Tour
The Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park 190 Marietta St., NW, Atlanta, GA, United States
