UPCOMING ASALH EVENTS
Regarding the 105th Annual Meeting and Conference
September 2020
ASALH will hold innovative programming in the month of September in lieu of an in-person conference in Montgomery, Alabama. Check back for schedules, times, and other updates.
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IN RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT
Topics In African American History, In The Spirit Of Woodson And Mary Mcleod Bethune
The 106th Annual Meeting and Conference
September 22- 26, 2021
Jacksonville, FL
The 106th Annual Conference and Meeting will be held at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront.
ALL UPCOMING EVENTS
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BRANCH EVENTS: ASALH is observing social distancing and all in-person meetings and events, where possible, will be virtual.
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Join us in September Virtually for the 105th Annual Meeting and Virtual Conference
ASALH will hold innovative programming in the month of September in lieu of an in-person conference in Montgomery, Alabama. Check back for schedules, times, and other updates.
6 events,
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: VANGUARD: HOW BLACK WOMEN BROKE BARRIERS, WON THE VOTE, AND INSISTED ON EQUALITY FOR ALL
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: VANGUARD: HOW BLACK WOMEN BROKE BARRIERS, WON THE VOTE, AND INSISTED ON EQUALITY FOR ALL
In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women’s movement did not win the vote for most black women. Securing their rights required a movement of their own.
PLENARY SESSION: The Ballot is our Bullet: The Power of the African American Vote
PLENARY SESSION: The Ballot is our Bullet: The Power of the African American Vote
This plenary focuses on the critical role women have and can play in government elections.
The Vote: An Act of Spiritual Warfare
The Vote: An Act of Spiritual Warfare
During the opening ceremony for our virtual conference, we will hear from Rev. Dr. Leslie D. Callahan of the historic St. Paul’s Baptist Church of Philadelphia, PA. In celebration of the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) and the sesquicentennial of the Fifteenth Amendment (1870), Pastor Callahan will reflect on ways of seeing the act of voting as a part of connecting to our higher selves and to those who sacrificed much to ensure us all of the opportunities that voting provides.
5 events,
Presidential Session: WOKE VOTE
Presidential Session: WOKE VOTE
This is the inside story of how a movement founded by a preacher’s daughter from Birmingham who worked in the Obama White House assembled a team and strategy to send a Democrat to the Senate from Alabama for the first time in 25 years—and then helped to restore voting rights to 1.4 million ex-felons, the most significant expansion of voting rights since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
PLENARY SESSION: From the Front Porch: What Alabama Teaches the World
PLENARY SESSION: From the Front Porch: What Alabama Teaches the World
As one of the sites in America’s Civil Rights Crossroads, Alabama helped draw international media attention to the need for change in America. This panel presents the insights of some of Alabama’s greatest gifts to the world, social justice activists and human rights champions.
2 events,
The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group Presents “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook” Film and Discussion
The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group Presents “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook” Film and Discussion
The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters and many other organizations, invites you to view "Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook" Narrated by actor Jeffrey Wright
2 events,
EYES STILL ON THE PRIZE: Defending the Vote in 2020 Webinar
EYES STILL ON THE PRIZE: Defending the Vote in 2020 Webinar
The SNCC Legacy Project is co-sponsoring this voter engagement webinar with The Center for Public Integrity. Register at: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/1fq2z1wx/register#
3 events,
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: ONE PERSON, NO VOTE: HOW VOTER SUPPRESSION IS DESTROYING OUR DEMOCRACY
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: ONE PERSON, NO VOTE: HOW VOTER SUPPRESSION IS DESTROYING OUR DEMOCRACY
In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women’s movement did not win the vote for most black women. Securing their rights required a movement of their own.
PLENARY SESSION: Burning Down the House: Defunding the Police and Refunding Our Communities
PLENARY SESSION: Burning Down the House: Defunding the Police and Refunding Our Communities
This plenary connects with the cries of current protests to reimagine new ways of being for our communities, while decentering authoritarian models of policing that create risk and harm for Black and Brown bodies.
2 events,
1619 and Beyond: Explorations in Atlantic Slavery and its American Legacies, An Ohio State University Series, 2019-2021
1619 and Beyond: Explorations in Atlantic Slavery and its American Legacies, An Ohio State University Series, 2019-2021
In late August 1619 “twenty and odd” Angolans were brought from the West Indies to the Chesapeake Bay on the ship White Lion. Some of these individuals were sold into […]
3 events,
PLENARY SESSION: Visibly Inscribed on the Annals of History: A Tribute to Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
PLENARY SESSION: Visibly Inscribed on the Annals of History: A Tribute to Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn
This plenary will commemorate and explore the contributions of pioneering women’s historian, author, mentor, teacher and organizer Dr. Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, author of African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850–1920 (1998).
2 events,
African Americans and the Vote Lecture and Workshop “Black Suffragists: Pre-Civil War through the 19th Amendment” & “2020 Voter Participation Update”
African Americans and the Vote Lecture and Workshop “Black Suffragists: Pre-Civil War through the 19th Amendment” & “2020 Voter Participation Update”
This event is free and open to the public. Check our website for registration information: http://chsasalh.com/2020/08/30/september-2020-program/ Black Suffragists Lecture 7-8 pm- Gwendolyn Harris, PhD One hundred years after the ratification of […]
4 events,
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: DUTY BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD: AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIGHT FOR RACIAL UPLIFT, CITIZENSHIP, AND MANHOOD, 1870–1920
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: DUTY BEYOND THE BATTLEFIELD: AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLDIERS FIGHT FOR RACIAL UPLIFT, CITIZENSHIP, AND MANHOOD, 1870–1920
Duty beyond the Battlefield demonstrates that from the 1870s to 1920s military race men laid the foundation for the “New Negro” movement and the rise of Black Nationalism that influenced the future leaders of the twentieth century Civil Rights movement.
PLENARY SESSION: What Woodson Willed: The Necessity of Black Studies in the 21st Century
PLENARY SESSION: What Woodson Willed: The Necessity of Black Studies in the 21st Century
Black Studies in the 21st century comes from the Black student movements in the late 1960s. In this plenary, groundbreaking scholars will describe how the current forces of circumstance create an even deeper societal need for Black Studies today.
2 events,
REGISTER NOW!- THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND THE CONSTITUTION- A VIRTUAL DISCUSSION
REGISTER NOW!- THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND THE CONSTITUTION- A VIRTUAL DISCUSSION
The US Constitution protected slavery in many ways. One clause, known, as the Fugitive Slave Clause, allowed slaveowners to recover freedom seekers who escaped to other states. At the Constitutional […]
8 events,
James Weldon Johnson Branch Founders Day Program, Jacksonville, Florida
James Weldon Johnson Branch Founders Day Program, Jacksonville, Florida
The James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH holds its monthly meeting on most 4th Saturdays. Founders Day Program Saturday, September 19, 2020, 10:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Location: Jacksonville Urban League 903 […]
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: THE GREAT MIGRATION AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: THE GREAT MIGRATION AND THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
The Great Migration and the Democratic Party frames the Great Migration as an important economic and social event that also had serious political consequences.
Presidential Session: Black Music: Resistance, Protest, and Affirmation In These Dissenting Times and Beyond
Presidential Session: Black Music: Resistance, Protest, and Affirmation In These Dissenting Times and Beyond
Messages of resistance, protest, and affirmation have been woven into Black music in America since the first banjos were refashioned from African memories and patting juba and the ring shout defied restrictive laws that sought to curtail Black faith and community building.
PLENARY SESSION: Mayday! Mayday!: The Impact of Covid 19 on Black and Brown Bodies
PLENARY SESSION: Mayday! Mayday!: The Impact of Covid 19 on Black and Brown Bodies
The Corona Virus has cut a path of destruction through Black and Brown communities. This session will look at this recent history and articulate necessary considerations going forward.
The Vote and Repairing the Breach: Insights from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
The Vote and Repairing the Breach: Insights from Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II
This 30 minute forum with Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President and Senior Lecturer at Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival will allow registrants to explore the social and spiritual implications of the 2020 Election and the various issues that will be largely impacted by their vote.
3 events,
ASALH-ATHENS BRANCH, AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE VOTE VIRTUAL TEACH-IN
We will begin with a PowerPoint presentation on African American Women and the Vote, followed by a non-partisan discussion by attorney and social justice advocate Deborah Gonzalez about the opportunities and challenges for Black Athenians this election year, and about why Black voter participation is crucial this fall and always.
The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group Virtual Founder’s Day Program
The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group Virtual Founder’s Day Program
The Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group, in collaboration with the Black Archives of Mid-America, will hold its annual Founder's Day Program via Zoom on Sunday, September 20, 2020, […]
2 events,
Hampton Roads Branch, Founders Day Virtual Program
Hampton Roads Branch, Founders Day Virtual Program
Join the Hampton Roads Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) for this informative virtual presentation on the International Theme: African Americans And The […]
4 events,
Presidential Session: “Must they ALL fall down?”: Perspectives on the Removal of Monuments & Narratives of Historical Figures
Presidential Session: “Must they ALL fall down?”: Perspectives on the Removal of Monuments & Narratives of Historical Figures
Since the 2015 Charleston Massacre, Confederate monuments have been removed from public places. The murder of George Floyd amid a global pandemic, however, accelerated the removal of these divisive monuments and memorials placed on the American landscape.
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIVES OF MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD: THE REVOLUTIONARY LIVES OF MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts. While nonviolent direct action is remembered as an unassailable part of American democracy, the movement’s militancy is either vilified or erased outright.
PLENARY SESSION: A Conversation on Reparations
PLENARY SESSION: A Conversation on Reparations
Beyond “forty acres and a mule,” this plenary session will engage the problems and possibilities in movements for reparations in the 21st Century.
2 events,
Virtual National Book Festival Sept. 25-27 – Register Now!
2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival: Celebrating American Ingenuity The 2020 Library of Congress National Book Festival will celebrate its 20th birthday this year! And, for the first time […]
6 events,
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: JOHN HERVEY WHEELER, BLACK BANKING AND THE ECONOMIC STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLES: JOHN HERVEY WHEELER, BLACK BANKING AND THE ECONOMIC STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
John Hervey Wheeler (1908–1978) was one of the civil rights movement’s most influential leaders. In articulating a bold vision of regional prosperity grounded in full citizenship and economic power for African Americans, this banker, lawyer, and visionary would play a key role in the fight for racial and economic equality throughout North Carolina.
Presidential Session: Carter G. Woodson and the History of Omega Psi Phi
Presidential Session: Carter G. Woodson and the History of Omega Psi Phi
On November 17, 1911, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was founded on the hallowed grounds of Howard University. It was founded as the first Black Greek-lettered fraternity on a Black college campus.
PLENARY SESSION: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Taking Back the African American Vote
PLENARY SESSION: The Fierce Urgency of Now: Taking Back the African American Vote
This plenary focuses on the significance of voting as a core democratic practice, and its importance in understanding the historical legacy of the African American Voting Rights Movement.
3 events,
PLENARY SESSION: Preserving the History of the Voting Rights Struggle
PLENARY SESSION: Preserving the History of the Voting Rights Struggle
In a year featuring a presidential election, perhaps the most important one of our lifetimes, the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) is honored to team up with ASALH to host a panel on how the National Park Service and the African American museum community are preserving and interpreting the history of the ongoing struggle for voting rights.
2 events,
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/University of Maryland African American Studies Department Undergraduate Student Forum “Student Perspectives: Conversations in African/Black Identity” Virtual Event
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation/University of Maryland African American Studies Department Undergraduate Student Forum “Student Perspectives: Conversations in African/Black Identity” Virtual Event
Featured Undergraduate Student Panelists: Alyssa Hawkins (St. Mary's College of Maryland) Fehintola Elizabeth Bright-Awonuga (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Bishop Lawton (Howard University) With support from the Andrew W. Mellon […]
The Sword & the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X & MLK, Jr.
The Sword & the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X & MLK, Jr.
In his new book, THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (Basic Books; March 31, 2020), acclaimed historian Peniel E. Joseph […]
