The history behind Black History Month

Barbara Dunn explains how the date for Black History Month was decided, and why February is such an important...

ASALH Announces 2018 Black History Theme, African Americans in Times of War

The 2018 theme, “African Americans in Times of War,” commemorates the centennial of the end of the First World...

ProVoice/ProVoz held their first Holiday Awards event in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area. How appropriate that ASALH life member and founder...

Hon. Dorothy F. Bailey PUBLIC AND CIVIC LEADER Dorothy F. Bailey has served the people of Prince George’s County...

WASHINGTON — The Executive Council of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is...

View an interview with ASALH National President Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham about the organization’s work with the National Park Service. The...

ASALH has a beautiful new website… August 1, 2017 Dear ASALH Members and Friends, The Association for the Study...

The National Park Service, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Program and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference...

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Dr. Carter G. Woodson directed ASALH’s operations from his home located at 1538 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC, from...