Known today as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History(ASALH), the group held a national Black History week in 1926, choosing the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The event inspired schools and ...
"In celebrating the entire history of African Americans and the arts, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) puts into the national spotlight the richness of the past and present with an eye towards what the rest of the twenty-first century will bring," t...
With the theme "From Slavery to Freedom," this volume continues the mission--now nearly a century old--of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), founded by Carter G. Woodson in 1915, to educate the American public about the contributions and centrality ...
The Manasota ASALH website explains that the national founder of the Study of African American Life and History, Carter G. Woodson, “believed that the mission of disseminating knowledge about Black history could best be achieved through branches ...
At a recent meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), a host of plenaries and concurrent sessions theorized the politics of Emancipation as nonevent and the practice of historiography in the wake of the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington...
A champion of women and mentor to many, Dr. Woodson founded the Association for Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., now known as the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH), in his "office-home" in Washington, D.C. It was here Dr. Woodson ...
Biographies, published books and more information for over 6,300 African American, and authors of African descent from the Caribbean, Europe and the Americas. The largest list of Black writers ever compiled!