The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is seeking contributors to write essays for a multi-authored and multi-chaptered study on African Americans and the National Park Service, 1872-1965.
On May 9, 1945, a small group of Black Miamians risked arrest in a courageous protest demanding a beach for the Black community—an act of civil disobedience that led to the creation of Virginia...
Dr. David A. Canton, Director of African American Studies at the University of Florida, critiques President Trump’s 2025 executive order to "restore truth" to American history. The order seeks to promote a "patriotic" version...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has introduced a resolution honoring the 1848 slave escape aboard the schooner Pearl—the largest known escape of enslaved people in American history. Norton called the daring...
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in African American History Department of African American & African Studies University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Link for the complete job posting: https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/364791 The Department of African American
ASALH will celebrate the return of our annual in-person Black History Month Luncheon on Saturday, February 24th, 2024 at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown
