The White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities is delighted to announce open registration for the 2021 Annual National HBCU Week Conference, September 7-10, 2021 in Washington, DC. Click to Register to Attend
Convened by Transportation Research Board and supported by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Conference on Advancing Transportation Equity will be held on September 8-10, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The conference will feature all areas of transportation practice and research, including those that address links between transportation and housing, telecommunications, health, policing, or economic development. […]
Walkathon in remembrance of 9/11, to honor those we’ve lost during the pandemic and to celebrate life- making it through the pandemic.
Join us for the book review of Four Hundred Souls by author's Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain. Book Reviewer: Ida Lee Carey September 11, 2021 at 2:00 CST online via Zoom. Four Hundred Souls is a unique one-volume “community” history of African Americans. The editors, Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, have […]
Monday, September 13th at 8:00 PM ET | 5:00 PM PT: PBS Books presents this Author Talk with Annette Gordon-Reed about her book On Juneteenth.
Virtual conference discussing The Black Family United by History and Storytelling. This event will be held online via Zoom.
Dr. Tekla Johnson, presented her community project tracing urban renewal in Charlotte, North Carolina 1945-Present.
ASALH will hold innovative virtual programming in the month of September celebrating the 2021 Black History Theme, The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity. Check back for schedules, times, and other updates.
Due to the annual conference we did not have a branch meeting or program, instead we encouraged our members to attend the ASALH National Conference. Additionally, we had several members participate in the conference as presenters and organizers. This event will be held online.
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
This special book panel will include presenters Mosi Ifatunji of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, David Blight of Yale University, A. Kirsten Mullen, Independent Scholar, William A. Darity of Duke University, Gregory Lamont Mixon, University of North Carolina Charlotte and chaired by LaShawn Harris of Michigan State University.
National Park Conservation Association Plenary
Mama Gloria focuses on 'Chicago’s Black transgender icon Gloria Allen, now in her 70s, who blazed a trail for trans people like few others before her.
ASALH & The Howard University Social Justice Consortium
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
Roundtable participants will offer a critical conversation on the first full-length biography of Mary Church Terrell; the first president the National Association of Colored Women and founding member of the NAACP
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
This session will feature Thavolia Glymph of Duke University and will be moderated by Heather Williams.
This session will examine the impact of historic and recent public policy decisions on today’s Black families featuring Andre Perry of The Brookings Institution, Noliwe Rooks of Cornell University, Dorothy Brown of Emory University, Catherine Flowers and Nikole Hannah-Jones of Howard University.
The Author’s Book Talk Event will feature one author for a 15 minute virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference.
Annual Executive Council Meeting Thursday, September 16, 2021 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 September.
The Author’s Book Talk Event will feature one author for a 15 minute virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference.
The documentary "Kindred Spirits" explores the unique relationship between an African American aunt and niece who became accomplished artists and educators. The story of their lives, their works of art, and sources of inspiration are presented against a backdrop of a segregated society.
This roundtable panel will include Mia Bay of the University of Pennsylvania, Waldo Martin of the University of California at Berkeley, Brandi Brimmer of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Shawn Alexander of the University of Kansas, and chaired by LaShawn Harris of Michigan State University.
This panel will discuss the plight of Haitian scholars bringing an international focus to challenges posed to scholars when institutions are no longer functional and when scholarship can cost lives. The aim of this panel is to draw a significant contrast and raise awareness about international research amid disorder and repression.
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
This Presidential Session honors Black clergy who are from multiple generations of clergy members and have a legacy of service to the community.
This session will explore the historical legacies of major Black historical figures through their family members living today.
I'm Just a Layman chronicles the injustices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, also known as ‘the last plantation,’ and the lived experiences of Black farmers who chose to fight against discrimination. Between 1997 and 1999, fifteen farmers appeared before the USDA and the Department of Justice and won their case administratively. This film brings the stories of nine of these farmers and families out in the open.
Sep 19, 2021 02:00pm EST Register to attend via ZOOM: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HT5xlzqySsGqTz6X5Ow5oQ
Annual Founders Day kick-off event: Zoom webinar discussion by Dr. Sandra G. Shannon, Professor Emerita of African American Literature, Howard University, focused on themes of family in the plays of August Wilson. Sunday September 19, 2:00 p.m. EST This event will be held online via Zoom. Check back near the date for link.
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
In this session, the 400 Years of African-American History Commission and its guest scholars will explore this fear paradox.
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
The roundtable participants will offer a critical conversation on the African American intellectual tradition of teaching, while exploring what Givens calls "fugitive pedagogy" -- a theory and practice amongst Black educators.
This session is co-sponsored by the Association of Black Women Historians and will feature Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Erika D. Edwards of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Tiffany Florvil of the University of New Mexico and moderated by Erica L. Ball, Occidental College.
Please join via webinar for our next free Department of the Interior Library Park Ranger Speaker Series lecture, entitled "Enhancing the Presence of the Past: The National Park Service and the Recognition of African American History" Tuesday, September 21st 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST Prior to the Bicentennial of the American Revolution in 1976 there […]
This session will feature Vanessa Northington Gamble of George Washington University, Stephanie Y. Evans of Georgia State University, Dr. Thaddeus Bell, M.D. of Closing the Gap in Healthcare, Inc., David Williams of Harvard University.
The Author’s Book Talk Event will feature one author for a 15 minute virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference.
The Author’s Book Talk Event will feature one author for a 15 minute virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference.
Join Louisville ASALH as we welcome Dr. Michael Brandon McCormack, Pan-African Studies professor and newly appointed director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research at the University of Louisville. September 21, 2021 6:30PM EST This event will be online via Zoom Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/839540807?pwd=cXNpK2dtTWtyNlp5aEFXNHJNWjhWZz09 Meeting ID: 839 540 807 Passcode: 021964
ASALH & The Howard University Social Justice Consortium
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
Exhibition of Gordon Parks photography during Jim Crow at the Mobile Museum of Art.
Retirement Strategies and Legacy Planning will be the main topics of discussion. Managing Risks in the Retirement Red Zone will provide a detailed discussion on the challenges of managing income in retirement. We will discuss myths in retirement planning, risks in retirement and creating a plan that could withstand some of the predictable threats to retirement income. Legacy Planning Strategies focuses on the importance of planning for wealth transfer, and estate planning for retirement assets.
This session workshop will feature Presenters Clarence Lang of Pennsylvania State University, Gregory Lamont Mixon of University of North Carolina Charlotte, and chaired by Rose C. Thevenin of Florida Memorial University.
This roundtable panel will discuss Brandi Brimmer's 2021 book, "Claiming Union Widowhood: Race, Respectability, and Poverty in the Post-Emancipation South." Panelists will engage Brimmer's fascinating work on Black women's public and private lives during the Reconstruction era.
This session will feature Randal Jelks of University of Kansas, Aneeka A. Henderson of Amherst College, Ayesha K. Hardison of University of Kansas, and Dianne M. Stewart of Emory University.
This session will feature Gina Paige from African Ancestry, Inc., Elizabeth Clark-Lewis of Howard University, Debra Newman Ham, Morgan State University, Kendra Field, Tufts University.
The Author’s Book Talk Event will feature one author for a 15 minute virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference.
The Author’s Book Talk Event will feature one author for a 15 minute virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference.
The Author’s Book Talk Event will feature one author for a 15 minute virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference.
A Retrospective on Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Recipient of ASALH’s Inaugural Luminary Award featuring Henry Louis Gates of Harvard University, award-winning artist and philanthropist John Legend, artist and philanthropist, S. Epatha Merkerson, and moderated by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, ASALH President and Harvard University.
Rowing exhibition. Youth ages 13 - 17 learn the art of Rowing. A free fun day for all, "All are Welcome," food, entertainment and rowing competition. Kevin L. Cooper Foundation (institutional member) with Rowers Choice.
This session workshop will feature Presenter Vicki Brackens of Brackens Financial Solutions Network and Chaired by Rose C. Thevenin of Florida Memorial University.
The roundtable panel will include presenters Tyrone McKinley Freeman of the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Dennis Clark Dickerson of Vanderbilt University, Crystal M. Moten, Smithsonian Institution of the National Museum of American History, LaShawn Harris of Michigan State University, and chaired by Tiffany Gill of the University of Delaware.
SHOT: Caught a Soul One shot is heard in the night. A Black teen is down. A White officer stands over him. There are no witnesses. A family is changed forever. But, this time, the victim will be heard. Kareem haunts Officer O'Donald - demanding answers. Why did you do it?
This session will feature Jada Wright-Greene of Florida's Historic African American Homes, Brandon Knightingale of Bethune-Cookman University, Charlene Farrington of South Florida Branch, and Rodney Hurst, Jr. of ASALH Florida James Weldon Johnson Branch. Dr. TaKeia Anthony of Kentucky State University will moderate.
Racially Charged exposes how our country’s history of racial injustice evolved into an enormous abuse of criminal justice power. Through first-person accounts of those charged under the Black Codes of the Reconstruction era paralleled with the outrageous stories of people trapped in the system today, the film brings to light the unfolding of a powerful engine of profits and racial inequality.
Geographies of Kinship is a powerful tale about the rise of Korea’s global adoption program. four adult adoptees return to their country of birth and recover the personal histories that were lost when they were adopted. Raised in foreign families, each sets out on a journey to reconnect with their roots, mapping the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew.
The James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH will present a painting by artist Laurence Walden to Mrs. Opal Lee on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL during the 10:30 a.m. worship service. This event is open to the public and will also be on facebook live. Opal Lee, […]
September 26, 2021 3:30pm EST This event will be held online via ZOOM. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd06vqTlvHdbKj0BNEqeLTFdztHTxK5xB
This session workshop will feature Randal Jelks of University of Kansas Pero Dagbovie of Michigan State University, and chaired by Rose C. Thevenin of Florida Memorial University.
In Dreams of Emmett Till, a now elderly Carolyn Bryant must face the accusation that led to the brutal killing of 14-year old Emmett Till, back in segregated Mississippi, in 1955.
This book roundtable panel will discuss V. P. Franklin's 2021 book, "The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement." This special book panel will include presenters V. P. Franklin of University of California, Riverside, Genna Rae McNeil, Derrick P. Alridge of University of Virginia, Linda Perkins of Claremont Graduate University, and chaired by Jarvis R. Givens of Harvard University.
This session will feature Karlos Hill of University of Oklahoma, John W. Franklin of Franklin Global, Inc./Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture and Melissa N. Stuckey of Elizabeth City State University.
ASALH will present the 2021 awards recipients on Tuesday, September 28 from 7-8:30 pm EST. Save this date to celebrate individuals who promote the legacy of Dr. Woodson through scholarship and service. Check here for information on ASALH awards.
Invisible History sheds light on the little-known history of plantations and the enslaved in Florida through a visually compelling story that explores the history of a people who contributed so much to what Leon county is today.
ASALH & The Howard University Social Justice Consortium
ASALH Athens joins ASALH Atlanta, the historic Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, and Georgia Public Broadcasting to sponsor a free virtual screening of Ken Burns’s new documentary Muhammad Ali and panel discussion. ASALH Athens member Dr. Valerie Babb, Andrew Mellon Professor of Humanities at Emory University, is one of the […]
Network to Freedom Event to Announce Award Recipients and Highlight New Listings Date: September 20, 2021 Contact: Amanda Pollock Church Creek, MD – On September 29, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program will host a virtual “Closing Ceremony for International Underground Railroad Month.” […]
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
The virtual exhibit booth is a self-selected, 2 hour virtual presentation during the 106th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference. Presented alongside ASALH academic sessions, exhibitors can promote products, services, and programs to the attention of the ASALH attendees. A replay of the 2 hour virtual exhibit booth will be available on-demand on ASALH TV, the Association's premier YouTube channel.
All CURRENT members of ASALH are encouraged to attend. This meeting will be held online via Zoom.
On January 30, 1913, Ida B. Wells founded the Alpha Suffrage Club, which was located at 3005 South State Street. The goal was to make African-American women feel more comfortable in the realm of politics and then to “use the vote for the advantage of ourselves and our race,” as Wells said. The former site of […]
