July 25, 2021 marks what should have been Emmett Till's 80th birthday, had he not been murdered in 1955 in the Mississippi Delta by a group of white men. The brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till shocked the nation, and his mother's brave choice to hold an open casket service, to "let the world see […]
Howard University's Social Justice Consortium is hosting its first annual Social Justice Week on August 2 - 6th on Zoom.
The Howard University Social Justice Consortium (SJC) is a cross-organizational, cross-institutional, interdisciplinary partnership that is concerned with educating society and developing the critical consciousness people need to analyze injustice in their own communities and develop innovative and collaborative action-oriented remedies.
A conversation with David Hochfelder, Associate Professor, and Director, Public History MA Program at the University at Albany, SUNY, and historian Ann Pfau who is developing a digital history of urban renewal in New York State called Picturing Urban Renewal
Historic places and sites reveal that women were present everywhere in essential and sometimes surprising roles. Across a two-part webinar series, public historian and author of Doing Women’s History in Public, Dr. Heather Huyck will moderate thought-provoking conversations with experts who are interpreting the complexity of women’s history and identity. Together these panelists will challenge […]
Join us on August 12 at 6PM to discuss Tina McElroy Ansa’s first novel, Baby of the Family
Dr. Stephanie Clintonia Boddie presented a lecture titled Unfinished Business: From the Great Migration to Black Lives Matter. Q & A followed. There was also a documentary screening. This event will be held online.
Members participated at local Marcus Garvey celebration.
Annual branch member retreat where we do a year recap and plan for the following year's activities. This event will be held online.
Kevin L. Cooper Foundation (institutional member) gives an annual festival "Transforming Youth into Champions" which is commemorating the Life of Kevin L. Cooper (killed by police) and all victims of gun violence. Virtual event is followed by a give away of FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES - Grab a bag of learning tools to go - from […]
Please join us for a presentation of the "In Plain Sight: African Americans at Andersonville National Historic Site." This special history study explores the relationship between African Americans in Southwest Georgia and Andersonville from the Civil War to the present. This webinar will give a case study and an example of how these projects are […]
This presentation was from ASALH-TV. The Carter G. Woodson branch used this program as part of their 5th Sunday presentation through the website of Shiloh Baptist Church of Washington, DC. Covid-19 restrictions were in place so all presentations this year were electronic. This event will be held and recorded online.
