On Monday, Feb. 19, 2024 at 5pm Pacific Time we will be sharing details about the nation's first Black Honors College, opening at Sacramento State in Fall 2024. We hope you can attend to learn more about how the Black Honors College will serve and positively impact students interested in Black history, life, and culture.
Join us on February 1 at 3:00 p.m. as we celebrate the implementation of The HBCU Radio Preservation Project. Learn more about how funding support from the Mellon Foundation will allow us to work with HBCU radio stations and their campus communities to develop a collection of reformatted historical HBCU radio material along with […]
This event features Jourdan Hamilton, J. Lee, Hilton George, and Xero Gravity
Colorful Black History Month Instagram Story - 1
The Association for the Study African American Life and History (ASALH), Dorothy Turner Johnson Branch will kick off Black History Month with a “Kick Off Breakfast” on February 3rd at Shiloh Baptist Church. The church is located at 604 West Jackson Street, Orlando, Florida with the event beginning at 9:30 am. This is our inaugural […]
ASALH partners with PBS Books to present this event.
This event features Chanel Compton and Cedric Michael Cox
Pre-registration is required. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvcu6uqTgtH9TK7LY3CdDoKl-uYv3p3VU3 About the Artists: Lynne b. is a Pittsburgh-based mixed media painter who also works with found objects and assemblage. A sometimes curator and researcher, she continues to work with underground film makers, writers and other visual artists in New York, Berlin and Australia. Besides Pittsburgh, Lynne has exhibited in […]
This event features Bobby W. Austin, Louis Hicks, Jourdan Hamilton, Wayson R. Jones, Joy Ford Austin, Joyce Wellman, John Brown Jr., Julee Dickerson-Thompson, and Greg Scott
February 15, 2024: Louisville, KY Carter G. Woodson ASALH Pop-Up 7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Blak Koffee 1219 W. Jefferson St. Louisville, KY 40203
This event features Angel Parson and Tamara Butler
The next EC meeting is Thursday, February 15 at 7 pm EST/6 pm CST. This meeting will be held online via Zoom. Access will be provided to current ASALH members who request it by 5:30 pm EST the day of the meeting. Requests to observe the meeting must be made using this form.
February 16 @ 6 pm Forever Black History Showcase Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt
This event features Julian Breece and Dr. Valerie Maholmes
Click to Access via Zoom Featured Artists: Herbert Massey & Sydney G. James
New York, NY – January 18, 2024 – A&E will premiere the two-night documentary event “James Brown: Say It Loud” delving into the immeasurable musical and cultural impact of the entertainment icon. Directed by Deborah Riley Draper (The Legacy of Black Wall Street, Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution) and executive produced by legendary artist Mick Jagger, Academy Award® winner Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter, Peter Afterman, David […]
New York, NY – January 18, 2024 – A&E will premiere the two-night documentary event “James Brown: Say It Loud” delving into the immeasurable musical and cultural impact of the entertainment icon. Directed by Deborah Riley Draper (The Legacy of Black Wall Street, Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution) and executive produced by legendary artist Mick Jagger, Academy Award® winner Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson, Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter, Peter Afterman, David […]
Join us for a special Black History Month presentation to learn the fascinating story of Madam C. J. Walker, an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist who was recorded as the first female self made millionaire in America. Wednesday, February 21, 2024 7:30 PM Virtual via Zoom Our guest speaker, A'Lelia […]
The Charles W. Joyner Institute of Gullah and African Diaspora Studies at Coastal Carolina University invites abstracts, poster sessions, lightning talks, workshops, performances, and panel proposals for its Fourth International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference (IGGAD). This year’s theme – Speaking with an Unbroken Tongue: Exploring and Celebrating the Language and Culture of Gullah Geechee […]
February 23 @ 1pm Academy of Health Sciences, Prince George's Community College Lanham Hall Intergenerational Discussion and Students Arts Presentation RSVP required ([email protected])
Visit the Authors' Book Signing tables and meet authors featured on our members' bookshelf! Come visit our table and buy the new 2024 Black Heritage Stamp, featuring Constance Baker Motley! […]
Join Dr. Denise M. Murrell, Merryl H. and James S. Tisch Curator at Large in The Met’s Director's Office, for a virtual tour of the groundbreaking exhibition The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism. Through some 160 works of painting, sculpture, photography, film, and ephemera, it will explore the comprehensive and far-reaching ways in which Black […]
Black History Month Event Community Program Presented by: ASALH PhilaMontco Branch and SIFTMedia 215 Collective Co-Sponsored by: Johnson House Historic Site and ASALH Philadelphia Heritage Branch Hybrid Event: Also Streaming Virtually | In-person Light Refreshments will be served. AFROFUTURISM: a movement in literature, music, art, etc., featuring futuristic or science fiction themes which incorporate elements […]
February 25 @ 4 pm Ridgeley Rosenwald School Anniversary Celebration (virtual) Join the Ridgeley Rosenwald School Task Force of Prince George's County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on ZOOM on Sunday, February 25th at 3:00 PM for our Annual Black History Month Program! This year we will celebrate the 97th Anniversary of […]
A panel of four to five will host a book reflection and discussion of Dr. Carter G. Woodson's Miseducation of the Negro. The event will be live at the historic Carl Braden Memorial Center, the home of the Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.
ASALH partners with PBS Books to present this event.
February 29 @9:45 am Academy of Health Sciences, Prince George's Community College Lanham Hall Living Museum (Students' interpretation of historical figures) RSVP required ([email protected])
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) would like to extend a heartfelt invitation to our Virtual Black History Program, Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. (eastern). This program will educate and inform Veterans, service members, family members, caregivers, survivors, and advocates about valuable VA resources. Attendees will hear from special guests, to include the […]