Nurses from the Frederick Douglass Memorial Hospital and Training School, c. 1940. Photo courtesy of Temple University, Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection. The Story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital is about two Philadelphia hospitals founded by African Americans to provide medical care for African Americans is scheduled to air Thurs., Feb. 16th at 7:30 pm and 11 […]
Reva Goodwin Lewie has been a pioneer for not only the Baltimore area as a native, but including her activism in the Civil Rights Movement. As an art educator, Mrs. Lewie thrived in connecting with the youth.
On February 18 and 19, The 1619 Project will host the second 1619 Education Conference. This free, virtual, two-day event will feature a stellar lineup of keynote speakers and panelists, including Ibram X. Kendi, Martha S. Jones, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Kimberly Henderson, Cornelius Eady, A. Van Jordan, and Tim Seibles. It will also offer participants the opportunity […]
Visitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. In this spellbinding first person delivery "Dr. Woodson" will take visitors from the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site on an interpretive journey to Dr. Woodson's residence in the Shaw Neighborhood.
Visitors will get a rare chance to honor Black History Month by literally walking in the footsteps of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
Farrell Carey, a Youth Ambassador at the Levine Center to End Hate and sophomore at Vertus High school in Rochester, New York, will discuss his research on the Black Panthers and the Weather Underground.
This Festival Session features moderator Omar Eaton-Martinez and panelists Nathaniel Moore, Cheylon Woods, and Felicia Bell.
A dialogue with an intergenerational group, to include youth from Phokeng Village, South Africa, Bafokeng Nation, and youth from Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, Prince George's County Truth Branch of ASALH, discussing this year's Black History Theme: Black Resistance, relative to the similarities faced by Black youth around the world and the solutions they envision.
Tony Warner author of Black History Walks Volume 1 will detail Black British Civil Rights, a US to UK timeline comparison. The term ‘Civil Rights’ automatically triggers images of the American fight for equality and freedom even in Britain. This illustrated talk details Black resistance against British racist oppression from; the 19th century Jamaican who […]
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Please join the Rose Family Cleveland ASALH Branch & Gaidi Nkruma, the ASALH Regional Coordinator, presenting an engaging and informative discourse on the fearless leadership of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune & Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
We're doing it big in 2023! Come celebrate with us and enter the Embrace Africa Sweepstakes for the chance to win a FREE TRIP TO AFRICA! Meet the company Co-founders Dr. Gina Paige and Dr. Rick Kittles, and the rest of the AA Team.
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This Festival Session features Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III of the Smithsonian Institution.
Zebulon V. Miletsky, PhD’s new book Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle tells the story of the men and women who struggled and demonstrated to make school desegregation a reality in Boston and provides a clear picture of the long and hard-fought campaigns to break the back of Jim Crow education in the North and make Boston into a better, more democratic city.
This Festival Session features moderator Clint C. Wilson II, panelists Denise Rolark-Barnes, Frances Murphy, Tamara M. Saunders, Constance Chiogor Ikokwu, Rod Doss and E. James West.
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Join us as we celebrate Black History Month by sharing the legacy of Julius Rosenwald and his partnerships with Booker T. Washington and nearly 5,000 African American communities that led to the building of 5,357 Rosenwald School facilities in 15 states
The Great Depression and early years of World War II represented a transformative historical moment. For African Americans, particularly those in southern cities like Washington, D.C., these years presented newfound opportunities to press vigorously (and in new ways) for equality and end to racial discrimination.
This Festival Session features Dominique Brown, Odell Ruffin, Lyn Dyson and Charlotte Plummer
Program which includes an audio of Fannie Lou Hamer speaking before the credential committee and short video of her life. Two speakers will address the historical period this take place […]
Join us for a conversation with trailblazer Dr. Allie Latimer. Dr. Allie B. Latimer was the first woman and the first African American to serve as General Counsel of a […]
Barbara S. Dunn will lead a discussion of Carter G. Woodson book, "The Miseducation of the Negro".
Celebration honoring African Americans educated and empowered in Rosenwald Schools, with keynote speaker, Dr, Alvin Thornton -Academician, Educator, Author.
This Festival Session features author Keith Holmes discussing his book, Black Inventors Crafting Over 200 Years of Success.
This Festival Session features author Margaret Seidler discussing her book, Ukweli - Searching for Healing Truth - South Carolina Writers and Poets Explore American Racism.
This Festival Session features author Denys Davis discussing her book, Unheard Melodies.
This Festival Session features author Dr. Dan Berger discussing his book, Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey
This Festival Session features author Bernice Alexander Bennett discussing her book, Black Homesteaders of the South.
This Festival Session features author Charlene Hampton Holloway discussing her book, Whitlock's Compositions.
This Festival Session features author Frederick Williams discussing his book, Bayard and Martin: A Historical Novel About a Friendship and the Civil Rights Movement.
This Festival Session features author Michelle R. Scott discussing his book, T.O.B.A. Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners' Booking Association in Jazz-Age America.
In the nation that declared 'Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights' during the French Revolution in 1789, France has shown grievous disdain for the rights of the peoples it enslaved and colonized. At the same time, it has provided a space where the former colonized and African-American expatriates would strive […]
What role does gender play in your daily experiences? How does race, gender and women's equality impact socio-economic status, access to education, child care and home ownership?
The Tampa Bay Branch of ASALH in collaboration with the Hillsborough County Teachers Association and the West Central Florida Labor Council present the film, "The Killing Floor". A panel discussion will follow.
e have CONFIRMED our date, APRIL 8, 2023, for the KICK-OFF OF OUR PEACE CONCERT AND RALLY CAMPAIGN. We selected this date in remembrance of the extraordinary sacrifice and God-inspired service of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose life was taken on April 4, 1968, through an act of GUN VIOLENCE.
UPO is committed to improving the lives of the District’s residents. One way is to bring together thought leaders to address major concerns. Among the most important is inequity in […]
Session: Presidents & Vice Presidents
This meeting will be in-person at AARLCC and on Zoom. AARLCC 2650 Sistrunk Blvd Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33111 Click to attend via Zoom
