In-Person Event | Saturday, September 6 2025 | 1:00 p.m. EST Book Talk by James B. Haile, author of The Dark Delight of Being Strange. Mr. Haile is an Associate Professor of Philosophy with a joint appointment in English at the University of Rhode Island. In a series of stories and essays, Mr. Haile traces […]
110th Annual Conference September 24-28th, 2025 Use the form below to sign up for ASALH emails to stay updated about the conference.
Executive Council Meeting Wednesday, September 24, 2025 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST This meeting will be held in person at the Omni Atlanta Hotel at Centennial Park. Please RSVP below. The meeting location will be emailed to all members who RSVP by September 23rd at 12 pm EST.
Thursday Luncheon Speaker is Dr. Edda Fields Black, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History for her work Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War Edda L. Fields-Black is the author of Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora and was executive producer and librettist of Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked: […]
Chair: Ashley Farmer (University of Texas-Austin) Presenter: Charisse Burden-Stelly Presenter: Gerald Horne (University of Houston) Presenter: Akinyele Umoja (Georgia State University African American Studies)
The John Blassingame Luncheon is named after one of ASALH’s stalwart members. Born on March 23, 1940, in Covington, Georgia, the future historian graduated from Fort Valley State College, received a master’s from Howard University, and a doctorate from Yale University. He began his teaching career at Howard and spent the majority of his career […]
Participant: Augustus Wood Participant: Sundiata Kieta Cha-Jua Participant: Blair LM Kelley (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) Participant: Leslie M. Harris (Northwestern University) Commentator: Joe W. Trotter (Carnegie Mellon University Dept. of History) Moderator: Naomi R. Williams
All current members are encouraged to attend the Annual Members' Business Meeting. Details will be posted on the Member's Private page in September. https://asalh.org/members/membership-meeting/ President Kaye Wise Whitehead and the officers of ASALH will present important information for members.
The Annual Branch Meeting and Workshop will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025 from 8 am - 9:50 am during the Annual Conference. All branch presidents are encouraged to attend. All branch members and those interested in ASALH branches are encouraged to attend
In-Person Event | September 27, 2025 | 9:00 a.m. EST All Branch Members and those who are interested in branches are invited to attend this event.
Saturday Woodson Luncheon Speakers are Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole Jr., Jim C. Harper II, and Derrick P. Alridge, authors of the book With Faith in God and Heart and Mind: A History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Topic for the Luncheon Talk: "An Unusual Emphasis on Scholarship: Carter G. Woodson. Omega Psi Phi, […]
