WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
| Conference Registration | 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Convention Center – 1st floor, Pre-Registration – Ballroom A Foyer, Onsite Registration – Meeting Room 3 |
| Pre-Conference African American Heritage Bus Tour | 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Bus will load at the Convention Center entrance near the flagpole |
| ASALH Executive Council Meeting* (Members Welcome) |
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Ballroom C2 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Wednesday Sessions* (New to the 2019 Conference) | 2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Convention Center – 2nd floor |
| NPS Forum, A People Moving: How the National Park Service and Preservationists Tell the Story of Black Migrations, Sponsored by the National Park Conservation Association* | 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Ballroom C1 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Opening Night Reception, Sponsored by the National Park Conservation Association | 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Ballroom B – Convention Center – 1st floor |
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019
| Conference Registration | 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Convention Center – 1st floor, Pre-Registration – Ballroom A Foyer, Onsite Registration – Meeting Room 3 |
| African American Heritage Bus Tour | 7:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Bus will load at the Convention Center entrance near the flagpole |
| Teachers Workshop (Registration Required) | 8:00 a.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Ballrooms C2/C3 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Session I | 8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Various Rooms, Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Session II | 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Various Rooms, Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Thursday Luncheon: Jonathan Green, Ambassador of the Arts | 12:00 noon – 1:45 p.m. | Ballroom B – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Exhibit Area Open* | 12:00 noon – 9:00 p.m. | Ballroom Foyer – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Session III | 2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Various Rooms, Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Film Festival* | 2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Meeting Room 1 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Black Migrations Plenary Session: Moving, Marching, and Making the Beat: A Century of African American Migrations* | 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Ballroom A – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Authors’ Book Signing | 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Ballroom C4 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Journal of African American History Reception | 8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. | Ballroom B – Convention Center – 1st floor |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2019
| Conference Registration | 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Convention Center – 1st floor, Pre-Registration – Ballroom A Foyer, Onsite Registration – Meeting Room 3 |
| Exhibit Area Open* | 8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Ballroom Foyer – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Youth Day | 9:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. | This is a closed off-site event |
| Film Festival* | 9:00 a.m.– 9:00 p.m. | Meeting Room 1 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Session I | 8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Various Rooms, Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Session II | 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Various Rooms, Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Friday Luncheon: Bible Study (The Story of the Mother Emanuel AME Massacre in Charleston, SC) | 12:00 noon – 1:45 p.m. | Ballroom B – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Session III | 2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Various Rooms, Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| ASALH Members Business Meeting (Members encouraged to attend) | 4:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Ballroom A – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Evening Sessions* | 7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. | Various Rooms, Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor
Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Friday Night Out: Lowcountry Evening of Entertainment featuring Quiana Parler and Friends, 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Reception, 7:30 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. |
6:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. | Memminger Auditorium, Buses load: 6:30 p.m. Convention Center entrance near flagpole; Buses depart: 7:00 p.m.; Buses return to hotel: 8:30 p.m., 8:45 p.m., 10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m. |
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019
| Conference Registration | 8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. | Convention Center – 1st floor, Pre-Registration – Ballroom A Foyer, Onsite Registration – Meeting Room 3 |
| Exhibit Area Open* | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Ballroom Foyer – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| ASALH Branch Workshop* | 8:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Ballroom C2 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Film Festival | 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. | Meeting Room 1 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Session I | 8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Various Rooms Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Session II | 10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Various Rooms Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| Carter G. Woodson Luncheon: Pero G. Dagbovie, Editor of The Journal of African American History (JAAH) | 12 noon – 1:45 p.m. | Ballroom A – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Session III | 2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. | Various Rooms Convention Center – 1st and 2nd floor Embassy Suites Hotel |
| 400 Years of Perseverance Plenary Session: Stolen from Africa But Making Black Lives Matter* | 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Ballroom A – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| ASALH Awards Banquet: Oscar Rivers Quartet | 7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. | Ballroom B – Convention Center – 1st floor |
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2019
| ASALH Ecumenical Breakfast: Dr. Norvel Goff, Presiding Elder, Edisto District | 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Ballroom C1/C2 – Convention Center – 1st floor |
| Post-Conference African American Heritage Bus Tour | 9:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Bus will load at the Convention Center entrance near the flagpole |
* Free and Open to the Public
