Become and Featured Author at the Annual Black History Luncheon

Saturday, February 16, 2018 – 10 a.m. – Noon Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth Street, NW, Washington D.C. Free and open to the public.

Sens. Coons, Murkowski, Harris introduce bill to recognize ‘Hidden Figures’ for contributions to U.S. leadership during the Space Race

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), along with 44 of their colleagues, introduced a bipartisan bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to Katherine Johnson and Dr. Christine...

Tampa Bay School Named for Dr. Woodson

Hillsborough County School Board Members voted unanimously at Tuesday’s School Board meeting to name a new PreK-8 school, opening for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year, for Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Hillsborough County Public Schools...

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 War in 1918, and explores the complex meanings and implications of this international struggle and...

Mrs. Mattie Taylor, Founder of the Van McCoy Branch of ASALH honored at First ProVoice/ProVoz at their first Holiday Awards in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area

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...

Executive Council Member Dorothy Bailey Receives The Wayne K. Curry Award For Leadership And Public Service

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...

ASALH Partners with Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson

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 showcase his...

Juneteenth Black History Bowl

ASALH Memphis played pivotal roles in the Juneteenth annual Black History Bowl for high school seniors on Saturday, June 30, 2018. President Christian served as moderator, ASALH Maxine Stawder, Dr. Femi Ajanku and Dr....

From ASALH’s President, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

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...

Underground Railroad Conference

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...