Barbara Dunn explains how the date for Black History Month was decided, and why February is such an important month on our calendars. <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span>
The 2018 theme, “African Americans in Times of War,” commemorates the centennial of the end of the First World War in 1918, and explores the complex meanings and implications of this international struggle and...
ProVoice/ProVoz held their first Holiday Awards event in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area. How appropriate that ASALH life member and founder of the Van McCoy Branch was honored on Woodson’s birthday. Mrs. Taylor was the first...
Hon. Dorothy F. Bailey PUBLIC AND CIVIC LEADER Dorothy F. Bailey has served the people of Prince George’s County for over 2 decades. She has served Vice Chair on the Prince George’s County Planning...
WASHINGTON — The Executive Council of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is proud to announce a special partnership with legendary director, producer and writer Stanley Nelson to...
View an interview with ASALH National President Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham about the organization’s work with the National Park Service. The interview was featured on The Huffington Post.
ASALH has a beautiful new website… August 1, 2017 Dear ASALH Members and Friends, The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has a beautiful new website asalh.org, thanks to the talented...
The National Park Service, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Program and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Conference will co-host a conference in 2017, in honor of the grand opening of the Harriet...
To subscribe to the Journal or for more information, visit our JAAH page here. Information on Search for JAAH Editor (PDF) The Journal of African American History’s (JAAH) Winter 2017 issue focuses on the latest...
Dr. Carter G. Woodson directed ASALH’s operations from his home located at 1538 Ninth Street, NW, Washington, DC, from 1915 until his death in 1950, and ASALH was headquartered in the building until 1970....
