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List of events in Photo View 110th Annual Conference Sep 24 110th Annual Conference September 24, 2025 @ 8:00 am - September 28, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT Workshop – Video Production for Historic Sites: Capturing the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement Sep 24 Workshop – Video Production for Historic Sites: Capturing the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ASALH Executive Council Meeting Sep 24 ASALH Executive Council Meeting 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – If We Don’t Get It: A People’s History of Ferguson Sep 24 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – If We Don’t Get It: A People’s History of Ferguson 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Opening Plenary Session NPC – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 24 Opening Plenary Session NPC – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm ASALH 110th Annual Conference Opening Reception Sep 24 ASALH 110th Annual Conference Opening Reception 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm African American Heritage Bus Tour Sep 25 African American Heritage Bus Tour 7:30 am - 12:00 pm Key Sessions – Remembering and Memorializing Black Labor: Public History as Preservation and Policy-Making Sep 25 Key Sessions – Remembering and Memorializing Black Labor: Public History as Preservation and Policy-Making 8:30 am - 9:30 am Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement Sep 25 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement 8:30 am - 9:50 am The Statue of Liberty is Black: Perspectives from a Volatile Research Project Sep 25 The Statue of Liberty is Black: Perspectives from a Volatile Research Project 8:30 am - 9:50 am Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference 9:00 am - 6:00 pm Film Festival: 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002) Sep 25 Film Festival: 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002) 9:30 am - 11:50 am Key Sessions – Building Harlem’s Global World: Lessons from Hubert Harrison and the Women of Universal Negro Improvement Association Sep 25 Key Sessions – Building Harlem’s Global World: Lessons from Hubert Harrison and the Women of Universal Negro Improvement Association 10:15 am - 11:00 am Cynthia Spence Session – Scholars Transforming the Academy: Histories Created, Reimagined, and Retold Sep 25 Cynthia Spence Session – Scholars Transforming the Academy: Histories Created, Reimagined, and Retold 10:15 am - 11:00 am Thursday Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Thursday Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm Towards a Theory of Liberation: The State of Black Radicalism Today – Thursday Plenary Session Sep 25 Towards a Theory of Liberation: The State of Black Radicalism Today – Thursday Plenary Session 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Presidential Sessions – Fourth Convening and Live Radio Broadcast: “Today with Dr. Kaye” Sep 25 Presidential Sessions – Fourth Convening and Live Radio Broadcast: “Today with Dr. Kaye” 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Film Festival: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) Sep 25 Film Festival: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) 3:50 pm - 5:00 pm Key Sessions – A’N’T I A Woman?: Reflections on Black Women’s Lives and Labors After Forty Years Sep 25 Key Sessions – A’N’T I A Woman?: Reflections on Black Women’s Lives and Labors After Forty Years 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Community Forum: Black Public High Schools, 1870-1970 – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Community Forum: Black Public High Schools, 1870-1970 – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – A Soldier’s Life: A Black Woman’s Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion Sep 25 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – A Soldier’s Life: A Black Woman’s Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Film Festival: Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story (2012) Sep 25 Film Festival: Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story (2012) 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm Thursday Night Out & Journal Of African American History Reception – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Thursday Night Out & Journal Of African American History Reception – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Film Festival: Killer of Sheep (1978) Sep 25 Film Festival: Killer of Sheep (1978) 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference 8:00 am - 9:00 pm Key Sessions – Black Women’s Work: Understanding Local Organizing Traditions Within the Civil Rights Movement Sep 26 Key Sessions – Black Women’s Work: Understanding Local Organizing Traditions Within the Civil Rights Movement 8:30 am - 9:30 am Key Sessions – A Discussion on the History of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Freedom Schools with Charles Cobb, Jr. Sep 26 Key Sessions – A Discussion on the History of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Freedom Schools with Charles Cobb, Jr. 8:30 am - 9:30 am Key Sessions – The Life & Legacy of Robert L. Allen Sep 26 Key Sessions – The Life & Legacy of Robert L. Allen 8:30 am - 9:30 pm Film Festival: Sorry to Bother You (2018) Sep 26 Film Festival: Sorry to Bother You (2018) 9:00 am - 11:00 am Key Sessions – Crusaders for Justice: Robert & Mabel Williams’ Memoirs and Their Value for the Twenty-First Century Sep 26 Key Sessions – Crusaders for Justice: Robert & Mabel Williams’ Memoirs and Their Value for the Twenty-First Century 10:15 am - 11:00 am Poster Sessions – 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Poster Sessions – 110th Annual Conference 10:15 am - 11:45 am Key Sessions – Labor History Meets Black History: A Conversation Between LAWCHA and ASALH Sep 26 Key Sessions – Labor History Meets Black History: A Conversation Between LAWCHA and ASALH 10:15 am - 11:45 am Presidential Sessions – Framing the “Freedom Season”: A Meditation on 1963 Sep 26 Presidential Sessions – Framing the “Freedom Season”: A Meditation on 1963 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Friday Blassingame Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Friday Blassingame Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm The Legacy and Scholarship of Joe William Trotter, Jr. – Friday Plenary Session Sep 26 The Legacy and Scholarship of Joe William Trotter, Jr. – Friday Plenary Session 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm Key Sessions – Howard Mellon Workshop: Social Justice and Labor Sep 26 Key Sessions – Howard Mellon Workshop: Social Justice and Labor 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution Sep 26 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Teaching Black History as Resistance Sep 26 Teaching Black History as Resistance 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Film Festival: Clara’s Fruit (2025) Sep 26 Film Festival: Clara’s Fruit (2025) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Film Festival: Hollywood Shuffle (1987) Sep 26 Film Festival: Hollywood Shuffle (1987) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Authors’ Book Signing – 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Authors’ Book Signing – 110th Annual Conference 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Film Festival: Union (2024) (With Guest Chris Smalls) Sep 26 Film Festival: Union (2024) (With Guest Chris Smalls) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Boots on the Ground Friday Night In Reception Sep 26 Boots on the Ground Friday Night In Reception 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference Sep 27 Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power and Repression Under Gentrification Sep 27 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power and Repression Under Gentrification 8:30 am - 9:50 am Annual Branch Members’ In-Person Meeting Sep 27 Annual Branch Members’ In-Person Meeting 9:00 am - 10:30 am Ava Greenwell Festival Sep 27 Ava Greenwell Festival 9:00 am - 10:45 am Key Sessions – 1776 and the Revolt Against British Rule Sep 27 Key Sessions – 1776 and the Revolt Against British Rule 10:15 am - 11:00 am Key Sessions – Our Black Shining Prince: Malcolm X at 100 Sep 27 Key Sessions – Our Black Shining Prince: Malcolm X at 100 10:15 am - 11:00 am Key Sessions – Black Public Workers and the Dignity of Labor Sep 27 Key Sessions – Black Public Workers and the Dignity of Labor 10:15 am - 11:00 am Previous Events Today Next Events Subscribe to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live Export .ics file Export Outlook .ics file
110th Annual Conference Sep 24 110th Annual Conference September 24, 2025 @ 8:00 am - September 28, 2025 @ 5:00 pm EDT
Workshop – Video Production for Historic Sites: Capturing the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement Sep 24 Workshop – Video Production for Historic Sites: Capturing the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – If We Don’t Get It: A People’s History of Ferguson Sep 24 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – If We Don’t Get It: A People’s History of Ferguson 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Opening Plenary Session NPC – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 24 Opening Plenary Session NPC – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
ASALH 110th Annual Conference Opening Reception Sep 24 ASALH 110th Annual Conference Opening Reception 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Key Sessions – Remembering and Memorializing Black Labor: Public History as Preservation and Policy-Making Sep 25 Key Sessions – Remembering and Memorializing Black Labor: Public History as Preservation and Policy-Making 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement Sep 25 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Midwest Unrest: 1960s Urban Rebellions and the Black Freedom Movement 8:30 am - 9:50 am
The Statue of Liberty is Black: Perspectives from a Volatile Research Project Sep 25 The Statue of Liberty is Black: Perspectives from a Volatile Research Project 8:30 am - 9:50 am
Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Film Festival: 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002) Sep 25 Film Festival: 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002) 9:30 am - 11:50 am
Key Sessions – Building Harlem’s Global World: Lessons from Hubert Harrison and the Women of Universal Negro Improvement Association Sep 25 Key Sessions – Building Harlem’s Global World: Lessons from Hubert Harrison and the Women of Universal Negro Improvement Association 10:15 am - 11:00 am
Cynthia Spence Session – Scholars Transforming the Academy: Histories Created, Reimagined, and Retold Sep 25 Cynthia Spence Session – Scholars Transforming the Academy: Histories Created, Reimagined, and Retold 10:15 am - 11:00 am
Thursday Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Thursday Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Towards a Theory of Liberation: The State of Black Radicalism Today – Thursday Plenary Session Sep 25 Towards a Theory of Liberation: The State of Black Radicalism Today – Thursday Plenary Session 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Presidential Sessions – Fourth Convening and Live Radio Broadcast: “Today with Dr. Kaye” Sep 25 Presidential Sessions – Fourth Convening and Live Radio Broadcast: “Today with Dr. Kaye” 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Film Festival: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) Sep 25 Film Festival: The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011) 3:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Key Sessions – A’N’T I A Woman?: Reflections on Black Women’s Lives and Labors After Forty Years Sep 25 Key Sessions – A’N’T I A Woman?: Reflections on Black Women’s Lives and Labors After Forty Years 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Community Forum: Black Public High Schools, 1870-1970 – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Community Forum: Black Public High Schools, 1870-1970 – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – A Soldier’s Life: A Black Woman’s Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion Sep 25 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – A Soldier’s Life: A Black Woman’s Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Film Festival: Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story (2012) Sep 25 Film Festival: Booker’s Place: A Mississippi Story (2012) 6:15 pm - 8:15 pm
Thursday Night Out & Journal Of African American History Reception – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 25 Thursday Night Out & Journal Of African American History Reception – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Film Festival: Killer of Sheep (1978) Sep 25 Film Festival: Killer of Sheep (1978) 8:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Key Sessions – Black Women’s Work: Understanding Local Organizing Traditions Within the Civil Rights Movement Sep 26 Key Sessions – Black Women’s Work: Understanding Local Organizing Traditions Within the Civil Rights Movement 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Key Sessions – A Discussion on the History of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Freedom Schools with Charles Cobb, Jr. Sep 26 Key Sessions – A Discussion on the History of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s Freedom Schools with Charles Cobb, Jr. 8:30 am - 9:30 am
Key Sessions – The Life & Legacy of Robert L. Allen Sep 26 Key Sessions – The Life & Legacy of Robert L. Allen 8:30 am - 9:30 pm
Film Festival: Sorry to Bother You (2018) Sep 26 Film Festival: Sorry to Bother You (2018) 9:00 am - 11:00 am
Key Sessions – Crusaders for Justice: Robert & Mabel Williams’ Memoirs and Their Value for the Twenty-First Century Sep 26 Key Sessions – Crusaders for Justice: Robert & Mabel Williams’ Memoirs and Their Value for the Twenty-First Century 10:15 am - 11:00 am
Poster Sessions – 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Poster Sessions – 110th Annual Conference 10:15 am - 11:45 am
Key Sessions – Labor History Meets Black History: A Conversation Between LAWCHA and ASALH Sep 26 Key Sessions – Labor History Meets Black History: A Conversation Between LAWCHA and ASALH 10:15 am - 11:45 am
Presidential Sessions – Framing the “Freedom Season”: A Meditation on 1963 Sep 26 Presidential Sessions – Framing the “Freedom Season”: A Meditation on 1963 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Friday Blassingame Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Friday Blassingame Luncheon – ASALH 110th Annual Conference 12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
The Legacy and Scholarship of Joe William Trotter, Jr. – Friday Plenary Session Sep 26 The Legacy and Scholarship of Joe William Trotter, Jr. – Friday Plenary Session 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Key Sessions – Howard Mellon Workshop: Social Justice and Labor Sep 26 Key Sessions – Howard Mellon Workshop: Social Justice and Labor 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution Sep 26 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Film Festival: Hollywood Shuffle (1987) Sep 26 Film Festival: Hollywood Shuffle (1987) 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Authors’ Book Signing – 110th Annual Conference Sep 26 Authors’ Book Signing – 110th Annual Conference 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Film Festival: Union (2024) (With Guest Chris Smalls) Sep 26 Film Festival: Union (2024) (With Guest Chris Smalls) 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Boots on the Ground Friday Night In Reception Sep 26 Boots on the Ground Friday Night In Reception 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference Sep 27 Exhibitors at the 110th Annual Conference 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power and Repression Under Gentrification Sep 27 Hine-Horne Book Roundtable – Class Warfare in Black Atlanta: Grassroots Struggles, Power and Repression Under Gentrification 8:30 am - 9:50 am
Annual Branch Members’ In-Person Meeting Sep 27 Annual Branch Members’ In-Person Meeting 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Key Sessions – 1776 and the Revolt Against British Rule Sep 27 Key Sessions – 1776 and the Revolt Against British Rule 10:15 am - 11:00 am
Key Sessions – Our Black Shining Prince: Malcolm X at 100 Sep 27 Key Sessions – Our Black Shining Prince: Malcolm X at 100 10:15 am - 11:00 am
Key Sessions – Black Public Workers and the Dignity of Labor Sep 27 Key Sessions – Black Public Workers and the Dignity of Labor 10:15 am - 11:00 am
