In-Person Event | September 21, 2025 | 1:00 p.m. EST Step into the glittering world of the Harlem Renaissance, where art, politics, and pleasure converged in a swirl of brilliance and defiance. Inspired by the legendary gatherings at A’Lelia Walker’s Dark Tower salon—the top floor of her Harlem townhouse on 136th Street—this closing celebration channels the glamour, intellect, […]

Webinar | September 22, 2025 | 1:30 p.m. EST | AACRN MEMBERS ONLY AACRN and Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Information Session The African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN) […]

Presenter: Linda Lamar, Founder & Ceo of Dickerson Civic Center. Presenter: Ryan Heathcock, Once Upon A Time Ryan Intl Legal Video Services.

Executive Council Meeting Wednesday, September 24, 2025 In-person only 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 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.

Chair: Nishani Frazier, Miami University of Ohio. Presenter: John Goncalves, North Carolina State University. Presenter: Liam McCandless, North Carolina State University. Presenter: Katie Boatner, North Carolina State University, Public History.

Chair: Erick Jackson, Northern Kentucky University. Panelist: Samuel Collins, Towson University. Panelist: Matthew Durington, Towson University. Panelist: Chayanne Marcano, Independent Researcher.

This movie documents Labor Union activist A. Philip Randolph's efforts to organize the Black Pullman porters of the Chicago Pullman Railroad Company in 1920s America.

Chair: Gerald Horne. Presenter: Brian Kwoba, University of Memphis. Presenter: Natanya P. Duncan, Queens College City University of New York. Presenter: Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California Berkeley. Presenter: Charisse Burden-Stelly.

Moderator: Cinthya Neal Spence, Spelman College. Presenter: Nafeesa H. Muhammad, Spelman College. Presenter: Vincent Willis, New College of Florida. Presenter: Mahaliah A. Little, Spelman College. Presenter: Maurice Hobson, Georgia State University. Presenter: Kenton Rambsy, Howard University. Presenter: Tanya N. Clark, Morehouse College.

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: […]

Moderator: Ashley Howard, University of Iowa. Panelist: Charisse Burden-Stelly, Wayne State University. Panelist: Gerald Horne. Panelist: Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University African American Studies. Panelist: Joy James, Williams College.

Presenter: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University. Panelist: Daryl Michael Scott, Former ASALH National President More speakers to follow!

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the rise & fall of the titular housing complex in St. Louis, examining racism & gov. Policies through interviews with former residents & historical footage. Ft racism, urban poverty & inequality in America.

Chair: Cinnamon Williams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Presenter: Candice Merritt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Presenter: Beatrice J Adams. Presenter: Olivia Johnson, Emory University.

Online Event | September 25, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. EST | Registration Required | Free A new research study, commissioned by the National Park Service and titled "Black History at the Vassall Estate," is nearing completion. This study documents and analyzes the Black experience at 105 Brattle Street (now known as Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site) […]

Live Digital Event | September 25, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. EST Join the authors of Black History at the Vassall Estate for a virtual presentation on Thursday, September 25, 2025, from 6:00–7:00 pm ET. They’ll introduce the study, highlight key findings, and offer a behind-the-scenes look at their research and writing process. This free program […]

While filming a documentary in Mississippi in 1965, Frank De Felitta forever changed the life of an African-American waiter and his family. In 2011, Frank’s son returns to the Delta to examine the repercussions of that fateful encounter.

Online via Zoom | September 25, 2025 | 6:30 p.m. EST | Free and Open to the Public Please join the Women's and Gender Studies M.A. Program on Thursday, September 25, at 6:30 PM EST on Zoom for our Open House! Prospective students are encouraged to attend this virtual open house to hear from current students, faculty, and our staff about the program. Attendees […]

An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and listless existence.

Moderator: Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Participant: Charisse Burden-Stelly. Participant: Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California Berkeley. Participant: Lia T Bascomb.

Chair: Beatrice J Adams. Presenter: Allison Mashell Mitchell, University of Notre Dame. Presenter: Jessica A. Rucker, University of Maryland College Park. Presenter: JoCora Moore, Elizabeth City State University. Presenter: Christina J Thomas.

Chair: Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua. Presenter: Charles Cobb, SNCC Veteran. Presenter: Augustus Wood. Presenter: Leslie Etienne, Joseph T. Taylor Branch of ASALH. Presenter: Faith Golden, African American Museum of Dallas

In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, which propels him into a macabre universe.

Chair: Edward Onaci, Ursinus College. Presenter: Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University. Presenter: Claude Marks, Freedom Archives. Presenter: Gloria House, University of Michigan-Dearborn.

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 […]

Chair: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University. Discussant: Candace Cunningham, University of Arkansas. Presenter: Peniel E. Joseph, University of Texas at Austin. Presenter: Zebulon Vance Miletsky, Manhattan Branch of ASALH. Presenter: Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College.

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

A principal lovingly reflects on the 90-year legacy of Mohammed Schools of Atlanta, the first Muslim private school system in the country.

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film “Jivetime Jimmy’s Revenge.” When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals […]

Leader: Lisa Brock, Mellon Foundation.

Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York.

The Annual Branch Meeting and Workshop will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. during the Annual Conference. All branch presidents are encouraged to attend. All branch members and those interested in ASALH branches are encouraged to attend

Hearing Silences: 50 Years of Black Women Faculty at Northwestern University (2025), Ava Thompson Greenwell (37 min) Mandela in Chicago. Ava Thompson Greenwell (55 min): Details the period during which Nelson Mandela toured Chicago.

Chair and Commentator: Gerald Horne. Presenter: Sean Gallagher, University of South Carolina. Presenter: Maria Esther Hammack. Presenter: Andrew Lawler, Author and Journalist.

Chair: Darius J Young, Florida A&M University. Presenter: JoAnna LeFlore-Ejike. Presenter: Ibram X Kendi. Presenter: Peniel E. Joseph, University of Texas-Austin. Presenter: Ashley Farmer, University of Texas-Austin.

Chair: Errin Haines, The 19th News. Presenter: William Jones, University of Minnesota. Presenter: Jane Berger, Moravian College. Presenter: Marc Bayard, Institute for Policy Studies. Presenter: Elizabeth Todd-Breland, The University of Illinois at Chicago.

Moderator: Ian Hartman, University of Alaska Anchorage. Panelist: Hannibal B. Johnson, 400 Years of African American History Commission. Panelist: Jewel Jones, 400 Years of African American History Commission. Panelist: Eleanor Andrews, 400 Years of African History Commission.

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city’s slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.

The Remembrance Program will take place on Saturday, September 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. during the Annual Conference. All branch presidents are encouraged to attend. All branch members and those interested in ASALH branches are encouraged to attend. During the Remembrance Program,  ASALH will honor our members and loved ones whose lives have been lost […]

Saturday Woodson Luncheon Speakers are Maurice J. Hobson, Eddie R. Cole, 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, and […]

Presenter: Chelsea Birchmier. Presenter: O. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, Winthrop University. Presenter: Darius Caleb Smith. Presenter: Jonathan Dayan. Presenter: Erleen Ellis, The University of New Orleans.

Finally Got the News! (1970) The League of Revolutionary Black Workers (57 min) A deep dive into the philosophy and organizing strategy of the League of Revolutionary Black Workers during the Black Power Movement in Detroit. Wildcat At Mead (1972) The October League (50 min) A documentary of the 1972 Mead Strike in Atlanta, where […]

Chair: Quito Swan, The George Washington University. Presenter: Adisa Vera L. Beatty, Independent Scholar. Presenter: Alhaji Conteh, Hunter College-CUNY. Presenter: Kimberly Monroe, Trinity Washington University. Presenter: Latif Ashanti Tarik, Elizabeth City State University.

Moderator: Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Moderator: Kimberle Crenshaw, AAPF

The in-person Annual Members' Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, September 27, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Omni Centennial Park Hotel in Ballroom D. 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 […]

The film explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Throughout the 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer established a legacy of civil rights and human rights activism that remains relevant to this day – especially among Black youth.