“Illuminating the Black Family in History: A Retrospective on Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” Presented on September 25

A Retrospective on Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Recipient of ASALH’s Inaugural Luminary Award.

A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2021

On June 19, 1865 — nearly nine decades after our Nation’s founding, and more than 2 years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — enslaved Americans in Galveston, Texas, finally received word that they...

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ASALH Thanks Our 106th Annual Meeting And Virtual Conference Sponsors and Supporters

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Secretary Deb Haaland Announce New Listings in Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program

The new listings join nearly 700 other sites, programs, and facilities in the network that honor, preserve, and promote the history of resistance to enslavement through escape and flight

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2021 Call for Papers – Deadline is April 30

The 2021 ASALH Academic Program Committee invites proposals for individual papers, entire sessions, presentations, performances, films, round-tables, workshops, conversations, or alternative formats dealing with the 2021 theme, “The Black Family”.

Extended Trailer for the PBS Documentary on The Black Church, premiering Feb. 16th & 17th on PBS.

A Message from the ASALH president on the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

ASALH mourns the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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First Virtual Conference to Feature Rev. William Barber; Rep. Terri Sewell; Civil Rights Veteran Ruby Sales; Poet Sonia Sanchez, others; Celebrates 2020 Theme: “African Americans and the Vote”

First Virtual Conference to Feature Rev. William Barber; Rep. Terri Sewell; Civil Rights Veteran Ruby Sales; Poet Sonia Sanchez, others; Celebrates 2020 Theme: “African Americans and the Vote” WASHINGTON, D.C.