Friday Woodson Luncheon

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

ASALH Film Festival: A Crime on the Bayou

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

A CRIME ON THE BAYOU chronicles the legal fight as it goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in the process enshrines the Constitutional right to a jury trial at the state level.

Felix Armfield Series: Dissertation Pitch Lightening Round

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

Sign up to give a three minute presentation on your dissertation topic. Top three will get prizes.

Key Session: I Fear For My Life

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

This Plenary Session features panelists Cheryl T. Grills, Veronica T. Watson, Lewis H. Rogers Jr., and Joseph L. Green.

STORMING CAESARS PALACE

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

Storming Caesars Palace challenges the pernicious lie of the “Welfare Queen,” and highlights the visionary leadership of low-income grassroots organizers whose courage, tenacity and dreams could not be quashed, against all odds.

STATELESS: A RACE AGAINST TIME. A TIME AGAINST RACE.

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

The ruling that rendered more than 200,000 people stateless, without nationality, identity or a homeland, a young attorney named Rosa Iris mounts a grassroots campaign, challenging electoral corruption and advocating for social justice.

John Blassingame Luncheon

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER is an intimate and inspiring portrait of Representative Barbara Lee, a champion of civil rights and a steadfast voice for human rights, peace, and economic and racial justice in the U.S. Congress.

Key Session: The Craft of Writing Black Women’s Biography

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

This Key Session features panelists Daina Ramey Berry, Tanisha Ford, Ashley Farmer, KT Ewing, and Anastasia Curwood.

Plenary Session: The History of Black Women and Health

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

This Plenary Session features panelists Ameenah Shakir, Michelle Browder, Stephanie Y. Evans, Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, and Deirdre Cooper Owens.

AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

In this BAFTA award-winning film, America's War on Abortion, two-time Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan examines the erosion of reproductive rights in the United States, foregrounding the stories of those often forgotten in this ‘war’ who nonetheless find themselves on its frontline: impoverished women and women of color.

ASALH Film Festival: Fruit: It Takes a Village

Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL, United States

FRUIT tells the story of how the power of mentoring can shift the narrative of the young black male.

ASALH W. Marvin Dulaney D/FW ASALH Branch Book Review, “How The Word Is Passed,” by Clint Smith

3536 Grand Avenue Dallas, Texas 75210 3536 Grand Avenue, Dallas, TX, United States

It is the story of the Monticello Plantation in Virginia, the estate where Thomas Jefferson wrote letters espousing the urgent need for liberty while enslaving more than four hundred people. It is the story of the Whitney Plantation, one of the only former plantations devoted to preserving the experience of the enslaved people whose lives […]

ASALH Executive Council Meeting

Online via Zoom

  Executive Council Meeting Thursday, October 20, 2022 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST Registration is required 24 hours prior to the meeting for all voting members This meeting will be held online via Zoom. All members of ASALH are encouraged to attend. Zoom details will be emailed to all members in October.

Social Justice @ ASALH 103: Understanding the Black Diaspora

Virtual

In this session, Dr. Brock will introduce community members to the history of the Black Diaspora. This includes Africa, the Americas, Europe and various Asian and Pacific islands and nations. Participants of this workshop will gain an understanding of how racism and colonialism have impacted the entire world, and how the Haitian Revolution, African Independence and the Civil Rights/Black Power movements and Black Feminism have inspired transnationally.

Torrents: New Links to Black Futures

The Source Theatre 1831 14th St NW., Washington, DC, United States

CulturalDC is proud to present Torrents: New Links to Black Futures, a DC-based, interactive multi-day event gathering Black artists, collectors, professors, and more in a weekend of panels, screenings, and site-specific […]

ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch Veterans Day Program

Virtual via Zoom

Speaker: Cassandra Cruz, U.S. Marine Corp, Retired, Keeping the Legacy of the Montford Point Marines, 1942-Present Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85761246976?pwd=azF4Z3gvN1l4NUlmTldsTkpEYVhuQT09 Meeting ID: 857 6124 6976 Passcode: 662031

Social Justice @ ASALH: How to Lead Social Justice

Virtual

Dr. Brock will share the ASALH Social Justice Toolkit with workshop attendees. She will review issues such as White Supremacy, Reparations, Abolition, and the Black Radical Tradition. Those who attend will gain access to a digital version of the toolkit, complete with Glossary, Resources for Workshop Leaders, and questions and prompts to pose to community members for reflection. The goal: to train all of us in the art of teaching and learning social justice.

ASALH Executive Council Meeting

Online via Zoom

  Executive Council Meeting Thursday, November 17, 2022 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. EST Registration is required 24 hours prior to the meeting for all voting members This meeting will be held online via Zoom. All members of ASALH are encouraged to attend. Zoom details will be emailed to all members in October.