ASALH Mourns the Passing of Legal Giant & Activist Vernon Jordan
Close adviser to former President of the United States Bill Clinton, business executive, lawyer and civil rights activist Vernon Jordan has passed away at the age of 85. ASALH mourns
ASALH member Alondra Nelson receives a Biden Administration Appointment
This Black History Month, LCV and the entire environmental movement celebrates Black leaders who are at the forefront of advancing environmental and climate justice.
View “Charlene Dukes on the Black Family and Education” festival event presented by ASALH Prince George’s County Truth Branch on the February 28
Prince George’s County Truth Branch and Maple Springs Baptist Church Cultural Education Experience Ministry (CEEM) host a joint ASALH Branch program on the Black Family.
View “Diving with a Purpose: Recovering and Reexamining Our Roots” Presented on February 24
This event will feature a panel discussion featuring divers who seek to preserve the heritage of Black people through discovering and investigating wreckages of slave ships and salvaging artifacts
ASALH Thanks Our 2021 Black History Month Festival Sponsors
ASALH invites you to learn more about the 2021 Black History Month Festival Sponsors. Thanks to generous support, ASALH can promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to...
View February 10 Presentation of the Inaugural ASALH Book Prize
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) will award an annual prize to recognize an outstanding book in the field of African American history and culture beginning in February...
A Proclamation on National Black History Month, 2021
FEBRUARY 03, 2021 • PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS This February, during Black History Month, I call on the American people to honor the history and achievements of Black Americans and to reflect on the
View “From the Continent to the Americas: Foodways, Culture and Traditions in the African American Family” that was Presented on February 6
This event will feature a panel of authors, chefs and historians who will share their work and discuss the important role that food has played in Black family life throughout the diaspora.
View “A Celebration of African American Life and History: Trailblazer Mae Jemison” Presented on February 3
Encourage young people to join this conversation with the first African American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour!
Statement by President Joe Biden On Black History Month
This February, during Black History Month, I call on the American people to honor the history and achievements of Black Americans and to reflect on the centuries of struggle that
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