Watch “Celebrating Ida B. Wells’ Birthday” with Author Michelle Duster
ASALH & PBS Books are pleased to present this Author Talk with Michelle Duster about her book Ida B. The Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells.
ASALH Announces New National Program Celebrating the Black Family on June 26th
Designed in collaboration with NY Life and Archival Alchemy, the campaign encourages participants to host intergenerational Black family reunions—virtual or in person—to explore their unique African American heritage and family history.
A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2021
On June 19, 1865 — nearly nine decades after our Nation’s founding, and more than 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they...
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program Awards $180,000 in Grants
The National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), announces the awarding of $180,000 in grants
Watch “Juneteenth: Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Join ASALH & PBS Books on Thursday, June 17 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT for a special commemoration virtual event, “Juneteenth: Lift Every Voice and Sing”
Biden to sign Juneteenth bill, creating holiday marking U.S. slavery’s end
U.S. President Joe Biden will sign a bill into law on Thursday afternoon to make June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans.
Watch “A Conversation ‘On Juneteenth’ Featuring Dr. Annette Gordon-Reed” presented by ASALH TV
Watch a conversation in celebration of Juneteenth featuring ASALH’s president Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham and the Pulitzer prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed
The 2022 ASALH Book Prize for the best new book in African American history is open for Submissions!
ASALH awards an annual prize to recognize an outstanding book in the field of African American history and culture. Books must engage archives to be eligible for consideration, however, the
National African American Reparations Commission Hails Vote on HR-40: Push for Passage Is Next Step
The National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) is hailing the vote by the House Judiciary Committee to Report HR-40 to the full House for passage a milestone in the history of the United States....
Woodson receives posthumously The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Division B Lifetime Achievement Award
Division B Lifetime Achievement Award is given annually to "a distinguished scholar with widely recognized and continuous records of accomplishment and who has made substantive contributions to the field of curriculum studies or whose work has...
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