The Carter G. Woodson Louisville, Kentucky ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History) Branch is pleased to announce that Dr. Craig Woodson will be the speaker at its zoom December meeting to celebrate the birthday of our founder Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the father of Negro History Week, now African American History […]
The Louisville Dr. Carter G. Woodson Louisville Branch of ASALH will be celebrating Dr. Carter's birthday @ 6:30 December 20. 2022. Below is a description of the event and the zoom link to connect with the meeting. Feel free to share with friends and family! The Louisville chapter of ASALH (the Association For the Study […]
The 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 […]
The 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 […]
The 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 […]
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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, […]
MARTIN 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. […]
ABOUT 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 […]
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 […]
Chesterwood 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 […]
Self-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.
The 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.
This Festival Session features W. Marvin Dulaney, Sylvia Cyrus, Shively T. J. Smith, moderator Martha Biondi, panelist Charisse Burden-Stelly, and panelist Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.
Join 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.
Mayor Karen Bass and Our Authors Study Club cordially invite you to the City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month Roundtable Discussion "Black Resistance."
This Festival Session features Ibram X. Kendi discussing the book, Magnolia Flower.
Commissioner 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.
About 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 […]
This Festival Session features moderator Shirley Sherrod.
Panel discussion and opening of series exploring violence and music of Black America , co-sponsored with The Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts.
Dr. 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"
This Festival Session features moderator Gloria Browne-Marshall, panelist Vladimiro Fortuna, and panelist Joao Laurenco.
This Festival Session features author Phyllis Biffle Elmore discussing her book Quilt of Souls: A Memoir.
This Festival Session features author Desiree Cooper discussing her book Nothing Special.
This Festival Session features author Kristin Waters discussing her book Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought.
This Festival Session features author Grace Jackson-Brown discussing her book Promoting African American Writers: Library Partnerships for Outreach, Programming, and Literacy.
This Festival Session features author Holly A. Pinheiro Jr discussing his book The Families' Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice.
This 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.
This Festival Session features author Cody McDevitt discussing his book Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania.
This event features panelist Fernando Orejuela, panelist Langston C. Wilkins, panelist Allie Martin, panelist Stephanie Shonekan, panelist Portia K. Maultsby, and moderator John Fleming.
This 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.
