In August, Voice of America teamed up with Norfolk State University to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in North America with at a special town hall titled Africa...
Nationally known educator and historian Dr. Edward Beasley Jr., was born June 3, 1932 in Omaha, Nebraska to Edward Sr., and Vesta Sanders Beasley. He accepted Christ at an early
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and Hampton Roads, Virginia ASALH Branch Thank You for Joining Us In Commemorating 400 Years Of Perseverance.
Cohosted with The HistoryMakers and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), Manilow Senior Curator Naomi Beckwith leads a panel conversation featuring luminaries in Chicago’s
I’m delighted to be able to announce that Michael Allen, who many of us know as the “father” of the Gullah Geechee Corridor and the Reconstruction Era National Monument, now
Voices: Stories of Change, is our newest website to launch, providing an introduction to African American life and history within the Charleston area. Following, is an article from our local
Commemorating the 192nd Anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery in New York State and bringing to attention the unnecessary shootings and deaths of unarmed members of our communities in the
Rev. Richard T. Adams was a dedicated and loyal life and Samuel L. Banks Branch (Baltimore, MD) member of ASALH. He served many years on the Executive Council and was
The Edna McKenzie Branch in Pittsburgh, PA represented ASALH at The 7th Annual Corporate Equity & Inclusion Roundtable Conference. (ASALH members: Ronald B. Saunders-Front row next to Betty Pickett, Betty
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The US Senate voted on June 27 to confirm Aimee Jorjani as the first full-time chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). “I am honored to be
This article first appeared in The Daily Memphian on June 25, 2019 With a half-dozen Corvettes, a Beale Street trumpet and an African drum, fez-wearing Moolahs and Elks, Beale Street
Mrs. Florence Radcliffe turned 103 on June 1. She is a former Executive Council member, a life member, and a member of the Bethel Dukes Branch in DC. Born
This article first appeared in the New Pittsburgh Courier, June 3, 2019 by Alonna J. Carter, For New Pittsburgh Courier On May 11, members of the Edna B. McKenzie branch of
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Anthony “Tony” Major, associate professor, has passed away. Professor Major joined the UCF faculty in 1995 as a member of
This article first appeared in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on May 19, 2019 What started out as a wholesome commitment by a group of Pittsburghers to be stewards of a Maryland picnic
Thanks to the civic engagement and diligence of Yvonne Curry and Dayton Daily News stringer Meredith Moss, today’s (Sunday 5/19) edition includes a review of the Dr Margaret Peters’ Martin
CLICK HERE FOR AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE ABOUT THE 2020 MEETING & CONFERENCE 2020 THEME 2020- African Americans and the Vote The year 2020 marks the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment
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This article first appeared in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 31, 2019 Four hundred years after the first slave ship arrived in Virginia in 1619, African-American migrations will be the topic of
It is my pleasure to join with the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History to support March 1, 2019, as Abolition Day in...
ASALH members accepting the proclamation at City Hall for the Kick off of Black History Month in the city of Pittsburgh, PA.
