ASALH will hold innovative programming in the month of September in lieu of an in-person conference in Montgomery, Alabama. Check back for schedules, times, and other updates.
In a year featuring a presidential election, perhaps the most important one of our lifetimes, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is honored to team up with ASALH to host a panel on how the National Park Service and the African American museum community are preserving and interpreting the history of the ongoing struggle for voting rights.
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Featured Undergraduate Student Panelists: Alyssa Hawkins (St. Mary's College of Maryland) Fehintola Elizabeth Bright-Awonuga (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Bishop Lawton (Howard University) With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University of Maryland’s African American Studies Department, the 2020-21 research initiative, "Race/Ethnicity and Gender Identity in a Shifting Cultural and Racial Climate: […]
In his new book, THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (Basic Books; March 31, 2020), acclaimed historian Peniel E. Joseph offers a paradigm-shifting dual biography the leaders, presenting a more nuanced narrative that pushes readers to reconsider these two leaders and the era they came […]
Black History Program, Fall Virtual Lecture Series October 6, 2020 12pm-1pm Who is Black? Afro Latinx Identity Through a Puerto Rican Lens Join us for a virtual lecture in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2020. Omar Eaton-Martinez, Assistant Division Chief of the Natural and Historic Resources Division, M-NCPPC Department of Parks and Recreation Prince George's County. Will […]
Suppressed 2020: The Fight To Vote. The Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications Hosts a Screening and Q&A w Filmmaker Robert Greenwald Suppressed 2020: The Fight To Vote by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns Greed and the NRA) is a short, powerful documentary […]
Cornell Celebrates Toni Morrison: A yearlong celebration kicks off with "The Bluest Eye" reading Oct. 8, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hear “The Bluest Eye” read in its entirety by Morrison scholars, authors, poets, celebrities and members of the Cornell and Ithaca communities. Event streams from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., powered by eCornell and streamed […]
Teachers will explore historical events that lead to African Americans acquiring the right to vote, including formation of the Republican Party, Black elected legislators of the 1860-70s, factors leading to Reconstruction ending, as well as turn of the century tactics of voter suppression.
A FREE community Season Preview and panel discussion of FINDING YOUR ROOTS Season 6 Thursday, October 15th 2020. 6:30pm EST We are looking forward to seeing and hearing from you, with your stories of "FINDING YOUR ROOTS". As many embark on the journey of retracing the footsteps of their heritage and family origins. This event […]
This program is part of Lift Every Voice: Why African American Poetry Matters, a national public humanities initiative of Library of America presented in partnership with The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with generous support from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Emerson Collective.
The James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH holds its monthly meeting on most 4th Saturdays. Program: Annual Report Saturday, October 24, 2020, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Location: Jacksonville Urban League 903 W. Union Street Jacksonville, Florida 32204
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Dred Scott v. Sanford. Plessy v. Ferguson. Brown versus the Board of Education. Roe V. Wade. Proposition 8. Voting Rights Act of 1965. Each of these legal decisions profoundly affected the lives of millions of Americans. Racial inequality. Segregation. A women’s right to choose. Marriage equality. Eliminating voter suppression. All were set in motion due to […]
