2025 Souvenir Journal

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WELCOME FROM THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Dear Conference Attendees,

The Academic Program Committee Welcomes you to ASALH’s 110 Annual Meeting! It is fitting that we return to Atlanta, Georgia this year, as we commemorate African Americans and Labor. As throughout the U.S., Black work and workers built Atlanta from the bottom up, resulting in powerful institutions like the Atlanta University Center colleges, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, the APEX Museum, Auburn Avenue Research Library, and the original Black Belt communities that made up the downtown sector. Gathering this year at the Omni helps us trace the history of transformation and struggle that resulted in modern-day downtown Atlanta. Positioning the Black worker at the center of our history adds a critical layer to scholarly rigor and critique. Black labor in the U.S. is at a critical crossroads today and Atlanta continues to be a decisive battleground. Thus, we are looking forward to yet another successful and critical Atlanta meeting.

The theme of African Americans and Labor provides us a dynamic range of sessions for scholars, activists, independent researchers, visual artists, archivists, curators, teachers, musicians, and so many more. Our plenaries both celebrate legacies of Black Studies in working class communities the legacy and scholarship of Professor Joe W. Trotter, Jr and critique the current condition of the Black worker and our debates on liberation Toward a Theory of Liberation: The State of Black Radicalism Today. Those debates carry on with amazing workshops and media sessions. This includes sessions on building freedom schools, publishing with the Journal of African American History, building Black history with the National Parks Service, and community organizing with Black Alliance for Peace.

In other words, the themes, sessions, ideas, and debates that occur this year will have profound effects on our mission to preserve and strengthen the power of African American History and Black Studies. Currently, our solidarity ensures our long-lasting capacity to control and implement our history in our communities and across the world.

As an organization that was part of the dawn of Black Studies in the academy, ASALH recognizes the powerful minds that have passed. We are happy to offer a session that honors the legacy of Black Studies scholar Robert L. Allen. We also commemorate the centennials of the founding of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the birth of Malcolm X.

As the chair of the Academic Program Committee, I commend the exhaustive and thankless work of every member of the committee for assisting in the construction of this powerful conference. This conference would also not be possible without the graduate and undergraduate students who make up our Woodson Ambassadors. MY utmost appreciation goes out to Evelyn Jackson, Aaisha Haykal, and Sylvia Cyrus, who worked tirelessly to ensure that we present the best conference possible. Lastly, I thank you for attending and taking ownership of African American history and Black Studies.

Sincerely,

Augustus C. Wood, Chair Academic Program Committee

WELCOME FROM THE ASALH PRESIDENT

Dear ASALH Family,

I first read The Mis-Education of the Negro as a high school junior, assigned by my Social Studies teacher during Black History Month. At the time, my focus had been on Malcolm X, and I was beginning to question everything. My father, a former Civil Rights activist turned pastor, introduced me to Black men and women who had risked their lives for our freedom. Sitting in those rooms, I listened as my father and his friends shared the stories that were missing from my textbooks. When I mentioned reading Woodson, they insisted it belonged in my core library, alongside the works of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Dr King’s Why We Can’t Wait, Kwame Ture and Charles V Hamilton’s Black Power, and The Holy Bible My mother later added Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, reminding me that any book list without Black women was incomplete (I once shared this list with Dr Angelou, who wholeheartedly agreed that any book list that did not include her books was not a list at all )

I "met" Woodson on the page that year, combing through his work, trying to understand what he was calling on us to do I continued to study him through college and I began to take his words as a personal challenge I put a few of his quotes on my dorm door and read them in moments of despair When I failed at something, I would commit to trying harder because “In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent ” And when I doubted myself and my work as a history major, I would remember that I was learning our history to teach it because “If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.”

For the past year, as the 30th person and eighth woman to serve as president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), I have often reflected on my years studying and reading the work of Dr. Woodson. I did not know that back then, I was being prepared to stand in this space to continue the work that he started on September 9, 1915, in Chicago, Illinois, when he founded ASALH. The goal then and now was to promote, research, preserve, interpret, and disseminate information about Black life, history, and culture to the global community.

As we enter our 110th Annual Conference, themed "African Americans and Labor," I am delighted to welcome you into this carefully curated space of Black knowledge, creativity, and inspiration. This conference is designed as your opportunity to engage and reconnect with old friends, network with colleagues, present new research, and build community as you discuss solutions to current challenges Our program offers a wealth of opportunities to do all of that and much more This is a time to consider launching a Freedom School in your city so that you can explore concrete strategies to defend democracy locally, and work together to share curricula and resources with schools and churches It is a time to both rest and plan It has been a difficult year, and we have some very challenging times ahead of us Lean on this community, support one another, and take collective action to defend our shared truths

We are at a critical moment in history but as I wrote earlier in my "Response to the White House’s Directive to Review Smithsonian Institution Museums," we knew that this moment was coming We have been preparing, and we are ready Our work to uphold the legacies of Dr Carter G Woodson, W E B Du Bois, Mary McLeod Bethune, Ella Baker, Constance Baker Motley, Derrick Bell, Harriet Tubman, Paul Robeson, Dorothy I Height, Juanita Jackson Mitchell, Vincent Harding, and Barbara Jordan, among many others, demand that we stay ready. Our work as truth seekers obliges us to “speak the truth to the people” and demands that we stay ready. Our work to preserve the history of our experience and plant the seeds for future knowledge and resistance to sprout demands that we stay ready.

Earlier this year, I released ASALH's North Star, highlighting ten things to do to practice small daily acts of intentional resistance. I share it here now so that it is recorded for future generations, our dropped breadcrumbs that will hopefully help them continue to move forward. May the road that we are traveling rise to meet us. Harakati zinaendelea!

WELCOME FROM THE ASALH PRESIDENT (CONT.)

ASALH’S NORTH STAR

1.Support organizations and causes you believe in. Defend, fund, and protect them with your resources.

2.Create local communities of action and accountability where you can work together to demand justice and equality. Audre Lorde teaches us that “the master’s tools cannot dismantle the master’s house,” but they can disrupt the natural tendency to normalize the horror and the terror that we are experiencing in this moment.

3.Show up and be present in spaces where you are not expected to be, which means planning to attend all party community meetings to speak up about what is happening in this country. You should call your Republican and Democratic Representatives: flood their inboxes, write them, call them, tweet them, visit them: do not let up because they will take your silence as a form of being complicit

4 Grade your representatives and share the results as widely as possible Let them know they are being watched and held accountable

5 Write opinion pieces for your local paper Do a monthly history spot on your local radio Contact your local television stations to offer your expertise on what is happening in our country and in your city Influence others in your immediate community to spark bigger change.

6.Organize strategic marches. People power attracts attention use it to amplify your message.

7.Set the agenda with your team, not just officials. Make your leaders accountable to your collective vision.

8.Vote with your money! Make intentional, thoughtful purchases whenever possible. Shop local, buy small, and keep the money circulating within your community. (Remember: boycotts affect workers. Establish support for those impacted by store closures or job reductions.)

9.Consider running for office. We need bold advocates ready to defend and advance our interests.

10.Use every platform you have to defend and teach our history. We are the keepers of our stories. We must make sure that we are planting the seeds of who we are and what we have contributed to the building of this country in our children so that they never forget how we survived and thrived in this country Refute every falsehood; deny our detractors legitimacy

Bending toward social justice,

Karsonya Wise Whitehead

ASALH National President, 2025-2027

Founding Executive Director of The Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice

Professor of Communication and African and African American Studies, Loyola University Maryland

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WELCOME FROM THE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE

Members and guests,

It is with great pride and deep honor that we welcome you to Atlanta, Georgia, for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History’s 110th Annual Conference. On behalf of the Atlanta Branch of ASALH and the Local Arrangements Committee, we extend warm greetings to all of you—scholars, educators, students, community leaders, activists, and supporters of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s vision.

This year’s conference is especially meaningful as we gather in Atlanta, a city with a rich history of struggle, resilience, scholarship, and activism. Our conference theme, African Americans and Labor, calls us to reflect on the countless contributions African Americans have made to the building of this nation, even in the face of exploitation, exclusion, and systemic inequities. We see this gathering as both an act of remembrance and a call to action—to uplift the truth of our history, to honor the workers who built and sustain our communities, and to ensure that future generations know and carry forward this legacy

We are grateful to each of you for contributing your scholarship, creativity, and commitment to this work. Together, we carry forward Dr. Woodson’s vision of making Black history an integral part of the nation’s story and the global community.

On behalf of the Atlanta Local Arrangements Committee, thank you for joining us for the 110th ASALH Annual Conference to celebrate our brilliant shared history. May this conferencedeepen our resolve, strengthen our collaborations, and inspire us to continue speaking truth to power.

Sincerely,

Sean Whitney Jones

President, Atlanta Branch of ASALH

Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee

Dr. Eric D. Duke

Chair, Department of African American Studies, Africana Women’s Studies and History at Clark Atlanta University

Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee

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2025 EXECUTIVE THEME SUMMARY: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LABOR

The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled, and unskilled, vocational and voluntary – intersect with the collective experiences of Black people Indeed, work is at the very center of much of Black history and culture Be it the traditional agricultural labor of enslaved Africans that fed Low Country colonies, debates among Black educators on the importance of vocational training, self-help strategies and entrepreneurship in Black communities, or organized labor’s role in fighting both economic and social injustice, Black people’s work has been transformational throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora. The 2025 Black History Month theme, “African Americans and Labor,” sets out to highlight and celebrate the potent impact of this work

Considering Black people’s work through the widest perspectives provides versatile and insightful platforms for examining Black life and culture through time and space. In this instance, the notion of work constitutes compensated labor in factories, the military, government agencies, office buildings, public service, and private homes. But it also includes the community building of social justice activists, voluntary workers serving others, and institution building in churches, community groups, and social clubs and organizations In each of these instances, the work Black people do and have done have been instrumental in shaping the lives, cultures, and histories of Black people and the societies in which they live. Understanding Black labor and its impact in all these multivariate settings is integral to understanding Black people and their histories, lives, and cultures.

Africans were brought to the Americas to be enslaved for their knowledge and serve as a workforce, which was superexploited by several European countries and then by the United States government During enslavement, Black people labored for others, although some Black people were quasi-free and labored for themselves, but operated within a country that did not value Black life After fighting for their freedom in the Civil War and in the country’s transition from an agricultural based economy to an industrial one, African Americans became sharecroppers, farm laborers, landowners, and then wage earners. Additionally, African Americans’ contributions to the built landscape can be found in every part of the nation as they constructed and designed some of the most iconic examples of architectural heritage in the country, specifically in the South

Over the years to combat the superexploitation of Black labor, wage discrepancies, and employment discrimination based on race, sex, and gender, Black professionals (teachers, nurses, musicians, and lawyers, etc.) occupations (steel workers, washerwomen, dock workers, sex workers, sports, arts and sciences, etc.) organized for better working conditions and compensation. Black women such as Addie Wyatt also joined ranks of union work and leadership to advocate for job security, reproductive rights, and wage increases

2025 marks the 100-year anniversary of the creation of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids by labor organizer and civil rights activist A. Philip Randolph, which was the first Black union to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor. Martin Luther King, Jr incorporated issues outlined by Randolph’s March on Washington Movement such as economic justice into the Poor People’s Campaign, which he established in 1967 For King, it was a priority for Black people to be considered full citizens

The theme, “African Americans and Labor,” intends to encourage broad reflections on intersections between Black people’s work and their workplaces in all their iterations and key moments, themes, and events in Black history and culture across time and space and throughout the U.S., Africa, and the Diaspora. Like religion, social justice movements, and education, studying African Americans’ labor and labor struggles are important organizing foci for newinterpretations and reinterpretations of the Black past, present, and future Such new considerations and reconsiderations are even more significant as the historical forces of racial oppression gather new and renewed strength in the 21st century

OUR VISION

The vision of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History is to be the premier Black Heritage learned society with a strong network of national and international branches and partners whose diverse and inclusive membership will continue the Woodson legacy.

OUR MISSION

The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret, and disseminate information about Black life, history, and culture to the global community.

STRUCTURE

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH®) is headquartered in Washington, D.C., at 301 Rhode Island Ave, NW in Washington, DC. The Association operates as local, state, and international branches promoting greater knowledge of African American history through education, research, and publishing programs.

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM: Portrait of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, ca. 1915; Unidentified man (far left), William Brewer, H. Council Trenholm, Sr., Helen Edmonds, Martin Luther King, Jr., L.D. Reddick and Charles Wesley attended the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Annual Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama in 1957; Mary McLeod Bethune, Lucy Harth Smith, and Dr Carter G Woodson at ASALH's Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois in 1940; Committee in charge of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, 1935 Dr Carter G Woodson is sitting to the far left, Vivian G. Harsh is sitting in the center (white blouse).

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (EIN: 53-0219640) is a tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) organization Contributions to ASALH are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law

ASALH FORMER PRESIDENTS

George Cleveland Hall

Robert E Park

John R. Hawkins

John Hope

Mary McLeod Bethune

Charles Harris Wesley

Lorenzo J Greene

J Reuben Sheeler

J. Rupert Picott

Andrew Brimmer

Edgar Toppin

Charles Walker Thomas

Earl E Thorpe

Samuel L Banks

Jeanette Cascone (acting)

William Harris

Andrew Brimmer

Robert Harris, Jr.

Janette Hoston Harris

Bettye J. Gardner

Edward Beasley

Samuel DuBois Cook, Sr

Gloria Harper Dickinson

Sheila Y. Flemming

John E. Fleming

James B. Stewart

Daryl Michael Scott

Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

W Marvin Dulaney

Karsonya Wise Whitehead

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John Ashley

Denise Rolark Barnes

Karen Cook Bell

Anthony Cade II

Sundiata K Cha-Jua

Natanya Duncan

Leslie Etienne

Deidre Foreman

Aisha Johnson

Kimberly L. Jeffries Leonard

Lionel Kimble

Walter Lanier

Lopez D. Matthews, Jr.

Tomiko Meeks

Zebulon Vance Miletsky

James Morgan III

Crystal Moten

Kenvi Phillips

Chadra Pittman

Crystal Sanders

Camesha Scruggs

Daryl Michael Scott

Gladys Gary Vaughn

Carlton E Wilson

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Formerly the Journal of Negro History

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EDITOR

BERTIS D. ENGLISH

Alabama State University

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

DERRICK P. ALRIDGE

University of Virginia, Charlottesville

ASSISTANT EDITOR

CRYSTAL R. SANDERS

Emory University

BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

MAURICE ROBINSON

Alabama State University

ASSISTANT BOOK REVIEW EDITOR

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT

DERRYN E. MOTEN

Alabama State University

DAVID TAYLOR COOK

Alabama State University

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LESLIE ALEXANDER

Rutgers University

SHAWN L. ALEXANDER

University of Kansas

DAVARIAN L. BALDWIN

Trinity College

CHARISSE BURDEN-STELLY

Wayne State University

KAREN COOK BELL

Bowie State University

DENNIS C DICKERSON

Vanderbilt University

JELANI M. FAVORS

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

VALERIE GRIM

University of Indiana-Bloomington

WILL GUZMÁN

North Carolina Central University

MAURICE J. HOBSON

Georgia State University

MARTHA S. JONES

Johns Hopkins University

CHERISSE JONES-BRANCH

Arkansas State University

BLAIR L. M. KELLEY

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

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CHARLES MCKINNEY JR.

Rhodes College

KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD

Harvard University

KEVIN J. MUMFORD

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

JEFFREY O G OGBAR

University of Connecticut

RUSSELL RICKFORD

Cornell University

NIKKI M. TAYLOR

Howard University

ULA YVETTE TAYLOR

University of California, Berkeley

STEPHANIE J. SHAW

Ohio State University

QUITO J SWAN

George Washington University

AUGUSTUS C. WOOD

University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign

DARIUS J. YOUNG

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

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JOSEPH E. FLYNN

Northern Illinois University

GENEVA GAY

University of Washington

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Minnesota State

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KIM PEARSON

The College of New Jersey

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Texas A&M University

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS

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SEPTEMBER25-28,2025

Registernowforthe110thAnnualMeetingand ConferenceandbookexcitingtoursofAtlanta,Georgia

AfricanAmericanHeritage BusTour

THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER25|7:30AM–12:00NOON

Tourwilldrivebyorstopatthefollowinglocations:Black ArtMuseum,MartinLutherKing,Jr.NationalHistorical ParkandMLKBirthHome,WheatStreetBaptistChurch, HistoricAtlantaLifeBuilding,AtlantaDailyWorld Newspaper,RoyalPeacockBallroom,BigBethelAME Church,OddFellowsHistoricBuilding-JohnWesley Dobbs,1stBlackRadioStation–WERDAM,Historic AtlantaLifeInsuranceBuilding,SCLCHeadquartersEbenezerBaptistChurch,1stBlackFirefightersStation

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SUNDAY,SEPTEMBER28|8:30AM–5:00PM

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

ALL EVENTS ARE HOSTED AT THE OMNI WILLIAM PENN HOTEL UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ALL TIMES ARE EST.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2025

10:15 - 11:45 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

12:00 - 1:45 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1:30 - 3:30 P.M. ASALH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

2:15 - 3:45 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

2:15 - 3:45 P.M. HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLE: IF WE DON’T GET IT: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF FERGUSON

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. OPENING PLENARY SESSION: THE FIRE NOW!

6:00 - 8:00 P.M.

OPENING RECEPTION SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION

7:00 - 8:30 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2025

7:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE BUS TOUR

8:30 - 9:50 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

KEY SESSION: REMEMBERING AND MEMORIALIZING BLACK LABOR: PUBLIC HISTORY AS PRESERVATION AND POLICY-MAKING

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8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS BLACK: PERSPECTIVES FROM A VOLATILE RESEARCH PROJECT

8:30 - 9:50 A.M. HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLE: MIDWEST UNREST: 1960’S URBAN REBELLIONS AND THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT

9:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. EXHIBITORS

9:30 - 11:50 A.M. FILM FESTIVAL: 10,000 BLACK MEN NAMED GEORGE (2002)

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSION

10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

KEY SESSION: BUILDING HARLEM'S GLOBAL WORLD: LESSONS FROM HUBERT HARRISON AND THE WOMEN OF UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

SCHOLARS TRANSFORMING THE ACADEMY: HISTORIES CREATED, REIMAGINED, AND RETOLD

12:00 - 1:45 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

12:00 - 1:45 P.M. THURSDAY LUNCHEON

2:15 - 3:45 P.M.

3:00 - 6:00 P.M.

PLENARY SESSION: TOWARDS A THEORY OF LIBERATION: THE STATE OF BLACK RADICALISM TODAY

PRESIDENTIAL SESSION: FOURTH CONVENING AND LIVE RADIO BROADCAST- "TODAY WITH DR. KAYE"

3:50 - 5:00 P.M. FILM FESTIVAL: THE PRUITT-IGOE MYTH (2011)

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. COMMUNITY FORUM: BLACK PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS, 1870-1970

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLE: A SOLDIER’S LIFE: A BLACK WOMAN’S RISE FROM ARMY BRAT TO SIX TRIPLE EIGHT CHAMPION

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. KEY SESSION: AR’N’T I A WOMAN? : REFLECTIONS ON BLACK WOMEN’S LIVES AND LABORS AFTER FORTY YEARS

6:15 - 8:15 P.M. FILM FESTIVAL: BOOKER’S PLACE: A MISSISSIPPI STORY (2012)

6:30 - 9:30 P.M. THURSDAY NIGHT OUT & JAAH RECEPTION

7:00 - 8:30 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 10:30 P.M. FILM FESTIVAL: KILLER OF SHEEP (1978)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2025

8:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M. EXHIBITORS

8:30 - 9:50 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 9:50 A.M. KEY SESSION: BLACK WOMEN’S WORK: UNDERSTANDING LOCAL ORGANIZING TRADITIONS WITHIN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

8:30 - 9:50 A.M. KEY SESSION: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF ROBERT L. ALLEN

9:00 - 11:00 A.M. FILM FESTIVAL: SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (2012)

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. KEY SESSION: A DISCUSSION ON THE HISTORY OF THE STUDENT NON-VIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE'S FREEDOM SCHOOLS WITH CHARLES COBB, JR.

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. KEY SESSION: CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE: ROBERT & MABEL WILLIAMS' MEMOIRS AND THEIR VALUE FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. KEY SESSION: LABOR HISTORY MEETS BLACK HISTORY: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN LAWCHA AND ASALH

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. POSTER SESSION

12:00 - 1:45 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

12:00 - 1:45 P.M. PRESIDENTIAL SESSION: FRAMING THE "FREEDOM SEASON": A MEDITATION ON 1963

12:00 - 1:45 P.M. FRIDAY BLASSINGAME LUNCHEON

2:15 - 3:45 P.M. PLENARY SESSION: THE LEGACY AND SCHOLARSHIP OF JOE WILLIAM TROTTER, JR. FRIDAY PLENARY SESSION

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. KEY SESSION: HOWARD MELLON WORKSHOP: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND LABOR

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLE: FREEDOM SEASON: HOW 1963 TRANSFORMED AMERICA’S CIVIL RIGHTS REVOLUTION

4:00 - 6:00 P.M. FILM FESTIVAL: CLARA’S FRUIT (2025)

4:00 - 6:00 P.M. FILM FESTIVAL: HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (1987)

6:15 - 7:45 P.M. KUFUNDISHA: A FRAMEWORK FOR ASALH FREEDOM SCHOOLS

SEPARATEFOUNTAINS

The four brightly colored panels 12 foot, square murals show four different scenes from the historical novel, Separate Fountains, by Jonesboro native Patti Wilson Byars.

The $47,000 mural project reflects four scenes from the town's past: 1950s Main Street with the author (at age 12) and her 5-year-old brother standing in front of the drug store, a gypsy woman at the gypsy camp, the legendary nomadic "Goat Man" who traveled all over the South, and a portrait of Lillian and Eula Arnold, two black women who taught at the 1940s50s Jonesboro Colored School

"SeparateFountainsisa"can'tputitdown"book.Theemotions,memories,andrealisticsocialhistorythataboundarecaptivating.Apublicationthatadults andyouth,blacks,whites,andotherracesandethnicgroupswillfindeducationalandinspiring,itbringsonetotearsandgivesthereaderssomethingto ponderasthestorypresentsatruepictureofwhatitwasliketobeblack orwhite growingupintheSouthintheearly1950s"

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7:00 - 8:30 P.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

7:00 - 10:00 P.M. AUTHORS’ BOOK SIGNING

7:30 - 10:00 P.M. FILM FESTIVAL: UNION (2024) (WITH GUEST CHRIS SMALLS)

8:00 - 10:00 P.M. “BOOTS ON THE GROUND” FRIDAY NIGHT IN RECEPTION SPONSORED BY AMAWATERWAYS

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2025

8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EXHIBITORS

8:30 - 9:50 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLE: CLASS WARFARE IN BLACK ATLANTA: GRASSROOTS STRUGGLES, POWER AND REPRESSION UNDER GENTRIFICATION

9:00 - 10:45 A.M. FILM FESTIVAL: AVA GREENWELL FESTIVAL

9:00 - 11:45 A.M. ANNUAL BRANCH MEMBERS’ IN-PERSON MEETING & REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM

9:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

ASALH YOUTH AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOP: WHERE LEGACY MEETS INNOVATION (FREE EVENT)

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. KEY SESSION: BLACK PUBLIC WORKERS AND THE DIGNITY OF LABOR

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. KEY SESSION: OUR BLACK SHINING PRINCE: MALCOLM X AT 100

10:15 - 11:45 A.M. KEY SESSION: 1776 AND THE REVOLT AGAINST BRITISH RULE

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10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

KEY SESSION: A PIPELINE OF BLACK HISTORY CONNECTING ALASKA AND OKLAHOMA

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H U R S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 2 5

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BOOKER’S PLACE: A MISSISSIPPI STORY (2012) | 6:15 P.M.

KILLER OF SHEEP (1978) | 8:30 P.M.

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SORRY TO BOTHER YOU | 9:00 A.M.

CLARA’S FRUIT (2025) | 4:00 P.M.

HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (1987) | 4:00 P.M.

UNION (2024) (WITH GUEST CHRIS SMALLS) | 7:30 P M

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HEARING SILENCES: 50 YEARS OF BLACK WOMEN FACULTY AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MANDELA IN CHICAGO

THE KILLING FLOOR (1984) | 11:00 A M

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FINALLY GOT THE NEWS! (1970)

WILDCAT AT MEAD (1972)

FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA (2022) | 8:00 P.M.

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Do You Remember?

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Raising the Race

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The Bethune Blueprint

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RUSSELL DRAKE

The Owl and the Great Tree

CHRISTINA CARNEY

Disreputable Women

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Unleashing Black Power

HEATHER BUCHANAN

Victors: A Novel of Love, War

MAURICE J. HOBSON, EDDIE R. COLE JR., JIM C. HARPER II, DERRICK P. ALRIDGE

With Faith in God and Heart and Mind

LASHAWN HARRIS

Tell Her Story

WILL GUZMAN

Emmett J Scott

WALTER GREASON

The Graphic History of Hip Hop, volume 1

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Discovering My Southern Legacy

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Gratuitous Angst in White America

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The Vice President's Black Wife

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America's Black Capital

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This Is Rhythm

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TheAnnualASALHAwardsBanquetrecognizesthecontributionsof ASALHmembers,communityandnationalleaderswhohavemade significantcontributionstoAfricanAmericanhistory.

Each year, ASALH presents several awards to recognize community leaders and those who make significant contributions to the preservation of African American history.

CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLAR'S MEDALLION

Establishedin1993,theCarterGodwinWoodsonScholarsMedallionispresentedtoascholarwhosecareeris distinguishedthroughatleastadecadeofresearch,writing,andactivisminthefieldofAfricanAmericanlifeandhistory

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

ThisawardwasestablishedintributetoDr.MaryMcLeodBethunebecauseofherdynamicleadershipandheryearsof contributingtoeducation,women’shistory,andAfrican-Americanlifeandculture.Dr.Bethuneservedasthefirst womanpresidentofASALHfrom1936to1951andisoneofthemostoutstandingwomenrolemodelsinourhistory

LIVING LEGACY AWARD

InpartnershipwithFarmersInsurance,theASALHLivingLegacyAwardshonorAfricanAmericanwomenandmen acrossthecountryengagedinextraordinaryworktoimprovecommunities,institutions,organizationsandfamilylife

FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD

AFreedomScholarseekstoempowerandinspire AFreedomScholarprovidesadirectbenefittoAfrican-American communitieslocallyornationally ASALHhasinitiatedtheFreedomScholarawardtohonorearlyscholarsofany disciplinewhocandemonstratethattheirfieldofstudyishavingadirectpositiveimpactonthelifeofAfrican-Americans.

THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

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COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

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PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD

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THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD

TheDorothyPorterWesleyAwardwasestablishedin2018bytheInformationProfessionalsoftheAssociationforthe StudyofAfricanAmericanLifeandHistory(ASALH)tohonoranddocumenttheoutstandingworkofInformation Professionals;Bibliophiles,Librarians,Archivists,CuratorsandCollectors ManyofourInformationProfessionals havealsoplayedamajorroleinsupportingtheworkofASALH,byservinginleadershiprolesandasmembers.

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Awardee:SheilaFlemming Awardee:RachaniceCandyTate Awardee:MaryFrancesEarly

FreedomScholarAwardPresentation Awardee:ArlishaNorwood Awardee:KelechiWright

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Awardee:YolandaCovington-Ward Awardee:WoodsonHouseNationalParkServiceStaff Awardee:VedetColeman-Robinson Awardee:LaVonneNeal Awardee:AliciaMoore

MaryMcLeodBethuneServiceAwardPresentations Awardee:LarryLester Awardee:NatanyaDuncan

LivingLegacyAwardPresentations Awardee:KevinJames

CarterGWoodsonScholarsMedallion Awardee:StephanieY.Evans Awardee:DeirdreCooperOwens

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MARY FRANCES EARLY

LUMINARY AWARD

MaryFrancesEarly(bornJune14,1936)wasatrailblazingmusic educatorandcivilrightsactivistwhowasthefirstAfricanAmericanto graduatefromtheUniversityofGeorgia ShewasborninAtlantaand attendedClarkCollege(laterClarkAtlantaUniversity) Shelaterearned hermaster'sdegreefromtheUniversityofGeorgiain1962after transferringfromtheUniversityofMichigan Early'sjourneytotheUGA wasnotwithoutchallenges,asshefaceddiscriminationduringthe admissionprocess Shebecameasymbolofresistanceanda"FootSoldier forEqualJustice"Shehasreceivednumerousawardsandaccolades, includingtheSTARTeacherAward,BenjaminE MaysBlackMusic HeritageAward,andtheUniversityofGeorgiaOutstandingAlumna Award ShewasalsoawardedanhonoraryDoctorofLawsdegreefrom UGAin2013andthePresident'sMedalin2018 Shehelpedlaythe groundworkforamorediverseandinclusiveUGAandplayedacrucial roleinthecivilrightsmovement TheCollegeofEducationatUGAwas namedinherhonorinFebruary2020Ms EarlytaughtintheAtlanta PublicSchoolsfor37years,risingthroughtherankstobecomearea musicsupervisorandcoordinatorofmusic

SHEILA FLEMMING

LUMINARY AWARD

APhD inAfricanandAfricanAmericanHistory,SheilaisFounderand PresidentoftheBlackRoseFoundationforChildren Themissionofthe foundationistoprovideresourcestoorganizationsseekingtoempower children,throughprograms,services,andadvocacy.Sheilaisauthorof Bethune-CookmanCollege1904-1994:TheAnsweredPrayertoaDream andshehascontributedarticlesonAfricanandAfricanAmericawomen, NelsonMandela,MaryMcLeodBethune,andBlackWomen’sHealthin publishedworksandreviewedtextbooksfortheUNA/USA.Herteaching andresearchinterestsincludethehistoryofBlackhighereducation, AfricanandAfricanAmericanhistory,withspecialemphasisonwomen andracerelations.Sheandherdaughters(AttorneyAleroAfejukuand Dr AyoGathing)authoredtwochildren’sbooksandrecentlypennedan article,“LoveLessons:BlackWomenTeachingBlackGirlstoLove,”in BlackWomen’sMentalHealth:BalancingStrength&Vulnerability, editedbyStephanieY Evans,KanikaBell&NsengaK Burton Having servedonseveralnationalboards,anArchivistfortheAfricanHeritage StudiesAssociation,amemberoftheBoardofDirectorsofMoore-Myers Children’sFundinJacksonville,FLandformerNationalPresidentofthe AssociationfortheStudyofAfricanAmericanLifeandHistory

RACHANICE CANDY TATE

Dr.Rachanice(Ray-sha-niece)CandyTatejoinedtheTuskegee UniversityLibraryDivisionasCuratorandCo-DirectorofTheLegacy MuseumonMay1,2024.Shealsoholdsajointappointmentinthe DepartmentofFineandPerformingArts.TateisanalumnaofEmory University(BA,ArtHistory),GeorgiaStateUniversity(MPA,NonprofitAdministration),UniversityofWisconsin-Milwaukee(MA,Art History),andClarkAtlantaUniversity(DAH,History).Dr.Tateisa communityorganizerandinstitutionbuilder.Sheincorporatedand servedasBranchHistorianfortheAtlantaBranchoftheAssociation fortheStudyofAfricanAmericanLife&History(ASALH)from 2015-2019.ShehelpedestablishtheVeterans’HistoryProjectwiththe AtlantaHistoryCenter,depositedtheBranch’sarchiveswiththe AtlantaUniversityCenterRobertW.WoodruffLibrary,andcreateda partnershipwithJuneteenthAtlantaParade&MusicFestival.The 2016ASALHtheme“HallowedGrounds:SitesofAfricanAmerican Memory”inspiredhertoworkwiththeNationalParkServiceto restoreAtlanta’sHistoryFountain(Stone)HallandWheatStreet BaptistChurch.TatehashelpedestablishtheAthensandthe SavannahBranchesofASALHfollowingherpaternalandmaternal lineage.

SENATOR REV. RAPHAEL WARNOCK

SenatorReverendRaphaelWarnockgrewupinKaytonHomespublic housinginSavannah,bornoneoftwelvebrothersandsistersraisedin coastalGeorgia.Hisfather,aveteran,smallbusinessman,andpreacher, grewupinBurkeandScrevenCounty,GA.SenatorReverend Warnock’smothergrewupinWaycross,GA,whereshespentsummers pickingtobaccoandcotton AgraduateofSavannah’sSolC Johnson HighSchool,SenatorRaphaelWarnock’smotherandextendedfamily stilllivesintheSavannaharea SenatorWarnockisaproudgraduateof MorehouseCollege;aftergraduatingfromMorehouse,hewentonto earnaPhDandbeginhiscareerordainedintheministry Forover15 years,SenatorWarnockhasservedasSeniorPastoratEbenezerBaptist ChurchinAtlanta,theformerpulpitofReverendDr MartinLuther King,Jr Heistheyoungestpastorselectedtoserveinthatleadership roleatthehistoricchurch SenatorWarnockwaselectedasaDemocrat totheUnitedStatesSenateintheJanuary5,2021,specialelection runoffforthetermendingJanuary3,2023,tofillthevacancycausedby theresignationofJohnnyIsakson,aseatpreviouslyheldbyappointed SenatorKellyLoeffler HetooktheoathofofficeonJanuary20,2021

LIMINARY AWARD

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ARLISHA NORWOOD

ArlishaR.Norwoodisanassistantprofessorofhistoryatthe UniversityofMarylandEasternShore.Herresearchfocuseson 19th-centuryAfricanAmericanhistorywithanemphasison BlackwomenandtheCivilWar Specifically,herwork examinessingleAfricanAmericanwomenintheCivilWarand post-CivilWareras.Herresearchhasbeensupportedbythe AndrewW.MellonFoundationandtheVirginiaHumanities. SheearnedaB.A.inhistoryfromDillardUniversity,anM.Ain historyfromTexasSouthernUniversity,andaPhD inhistory fromHowardUniversity

KELECHI WRIGHT

Dr.KelechiWrightreceivedherPhDin2023inSocialWork andisaprofessorofAfricanAmericanStudiesatthe UniversityofHouston Sincebeginninghercareerasan academic,Dr.Wrighthasfocusedherserviceinscholarshipto reformanddismantlesystemsandinstitutionsthathave historicallyharmedtheAfricanAmericancommunity.She takesadualapproachinpioneeringforsocialjusticeforthe Blackcommunityfromasocialworkdisciplinaryscopebe focusingonscholarshipaddressinganti-blacknessinthe disciplineshistoryandtargetinginstitutionssystemsand policiespresentlyharmingtheBlackcommunitythrough surveillanceandcontrol.Herpresentscholarshipisexamining therelationshipbetweenmandatedreportinginmedicine, anti-BlackbiasesinpediatricsandBlackhealthandwell-being outcomes

FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD

FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD

VEDET COLEMAN-ROBINSON

VedetColeman-Robinson,Ph.D.servesasthepresidentandCEOofthe AssociationofAfricanAmericanMuseums(AAAM),amission-driven nonprofitorganizationwhosemembersbringtotheforefrontstoriesof civilrightsandsocialinjustice,chroniclethestridesthathavebeenmade inthoseareasandemphasizeinequalitiesthatstillexisttoday.As AAAM’spresidentandCEO,Coleman-Robinsonprovidesresourcesto ensuremembersremainresilientandnimbleandcanserveasbeaconsof hopeintimesofsocialunrest.

Coleman-RobinsonwasappointedasAAAM’sexecutivedirectorin 2019andwasnamedpresidentandCEOin2024.Underherleadership, AAAM’smembershiphasincreasedbyover270%,andmorethan$6.5 millionhasbeenraisedforthenonprofitorganization

Dr Coleman-Robinson,initiatedintoDeltaSigmaThetaSorority,Inc throughtheAlphaEtaChapter,holdsaBachelorofArtsinUS history fromVirginiaStateUniversityandaMasterofArtsandaDoctorof PhilosophyinUS historywithaminorinpublichistoryfromHoward University

YOLANDA COVINGTON-WARD

YolandaCovington-WardisDepartmentChairandProfessorinthe

W.E.B.DuBoisDepartmentofAfro-AmericanStudiesattheUniversity ofMassachusettsatAmherst ShepreviouslyservedasChairofthe DepartmentofAfricanaStudiesattheUniversityofPittsburghfrom 2019-2022 SheisformerPresidentoftheAssociationforAfricanist

AnthropologyandanAdvisoryBoardmemberoftheAssociationforthe StudyoftheWorldwideAfricanDiaspora ShereceivedherMA and PhD degreesinCulturalAnthropologyfromtheUniversityofMichigan andaBA inAfro-AmericanStudiesfromBrownUniversity Her researchfocusesonembodiment,identity,religion,performance,and politics,emphasizingtheagencyofpeopleofAfricandescentin transformingtheworldsaroundthem HerfirstbookGestureandPower: Religion,Nationalism,andEverydayPerformanceinCongo(Duke UniversityPress,2016)wasawardedthe2016AmauryTalbotAwardfor AfricanAnthropologyandthe2017ElliottP SkinnerBookAward Her secondbook,TransformationthroughMigration:Community,Conflict, andIdentityintheLiberianDiaspora,iscurrentlyundercontractatthe UniversityofPennsylvaniaPress.Sheco-editedtwovolumes,Embodying BlackReligionsinAfricaandItsDiasporas(DukeUniversityPress)and AfricanPerformanceArtsandPoliticalActs(UniversityofMichigan Press).

COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

ALICIA MOORE

Dr.AliciaL.MooreistheCargillEndowedProfessorofEducationat SouthwesternUniversity,inGeorgetown,Texas,andanationally recognizedleaderinCulturallyResponsivePedagogy,Diversity,and EquityinHigherEducation.Forovertwodecades,shehasservedascoeditorofTheAssociationfortheStudyofAfricanAmericanLifeand History(ASALH)BlackHistoryBulletin.Inthisrole,shecurates accessible,classroom-readycontentforeducatorscommittedtoteaching Blackhistorywithdepthandintegrity.

Dr.MooreistherecipientoftheprestigiousASALHMaryMcLeod BethuneServiceAward,recognizingheroutstandingcontributionsto theadvancementofBlackhistoryeducation.Shewasalsoselectedasone of15scholarstoattendtheWhiteHouse’sBlackHistoryMonth celebrationunderPresidentBarackObamaandASALH

Asaneducationalconsultant,Dr Moorepartnerswithinstitutionsto buildinclusivelearningenvironmentsanddevelopcurriculumresources thatcenterhistoricallymarginalizedvoices Herworkconsistently challengesstructuralinequitiesandpromoteseducationaljustice Throughscholarship,advocacy,andmentorship,Dr Moorecontinues toshapeamoreinclusiveandequitablefutureforstudentsand educatorsnationwide

LAVONNE NEAL

Dr LaVonneI Neal isProfessorEmeritaatNorthernIllinois University(NIU)andAssociateVicePresident,Administration& Finance(RET.)/NIU.Throughoutherprofessionalcareer,sheled rapidlychangingoperationsinthreediverseprofessions:(1)higher educationoperations;(2)productionoperationsinthecorporate sector;and(3)militaryintelligenceoperationsintheU.S.Army. Also,Dr.NealisCo-Editorfortheaward-winningBlackHistory Bulletin,anASALHacademicjournal;andrecipientof:(1)Two NationalBookAwards;(2)TwoNationalLeadershipAwards;and (3)UniversityTeachingAwards Overthecourseofheracademic careerasDeanoftheCollegeofEducationatNIUandDeanofthe CollegeofEducationattheUniversityofColoradoatColorado Springs(UCCS),Nealimplementedanewcultureofassessment andleddigitaltransformationthroughoutthecolleges’programs Shehasdemonstratedexperienceinfosteringprocessimprovement andinnovation,whileservinginbothacademicandadministrative roles Nealisateacher-educatorwhoseresearchinthedesignand implementationofculturallyresponsiveteachingmethodshas earnedglobalrecognition.

COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

MESHA WILLIAMS

MeshaY.Williamsisadedicatedsocialmediaeditorwhospecializesin creatingimpactfuldigitalcontentforlabororganizations.Shewasa newspaperreporterfortheGadsdenTimesandtheSpartanburg HeraldJournal.ShealsoservedastheOnlineCoordinatorforthe EducationWritersAssociationandasaweekendWebEditorfor WTOP.com,thewebsiteofWTOPradiostation.Meshavolunteersfor theAssociationfortheStudyofAfricanAmericanLifeandHistory, marketingitsannualBlackHistoryLuncheon.Sheprovidesblackfacts forsocialmediatohighlightthehistoricalfiguresandmovementsin relationtotheannualthemes.AnativeofNashville,TN,Meshaisan alumnaofSpelmanCollegeandhasaMaster’sDegreeinJournalism andPublicAffairsfromAmericanUniversity.SheearnedaDigital MarketingcertificatefromtheParsonsSchoolofDesignatTheNew School.MeshaservedasadocentattheU.S.NationalArchivesand RecordsAdministrationandhasvolunteeredattheFreerSackler Museum.SheisamemberofAlphaKappaAlphaSorority,Inc.,and nowservesasco-presidentontheboardofdirectorsofHistoric DupontCircleMainStreets.Sheisanotaryandistheownerof108 NotaryServices,LLC.

The2026re-openingoftheCarterG.Woodson HomeNationalHistoricSitewillrepresentthe culminationofa50-yeareffortbetweenASALHand theNationalParkService(NPS) In1976,ASALH developedplanstoconvertthesiteintoamuseum andlearningcenteraboutDr Woodson’slife Inthe sameyear,theNPSofficiallydesignatedthe WoodsonHomeasaNationalHistoricLandmark NationalParkServicesite,andin2005,itbecame the389 unitoftheNPS.Specialthanksgoto recentlyretiredSuperintendentTaraMorrison,who, duringheralmostten-yeartenure,ensuredthatthe completionoftheCarterG.WoodsonHomewasa priority. th Countlessadministratorsandtheentirestaffof NationalCapitalParks-Easthaveworkedtirelessly andthroughmanychallengestorestore,interpret, andsharethehistoricalimportanceofDr Woodson andASALH Thisawardistorecognizethe partnershipwithASALHandthededicatedwork andcommitmentthattheWoodsonHousestaffhas exemplified

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COUNCIL AWARD FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION

COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

NATANYA DUNCAN

NatanyaDuncanistheDirectorofAfricanaStudiesatQueens CollegeCityUniversityofNewYorkandanAssociateProfessorof History.AhistorianoftheAfricanDiaspora,herresearchand teachingfocusesonglobalfreedommovementsofthe20thand 21stcenturies.Duncan’sresearchinterestincludesconstructionsof identityandnationbuildingamongstwomenofcolor;migrations; colorandclassinDiasporiccommunities;andtheengagementsof intellectualsthroughouttheAfricanDiaspora Hernewbook, throughTheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress,AnEfficient Womanhood:WomenandtheUniversalNegroImprovement Association,focusesonthedistinctactiviststrategiesin-actedby womenintheUniversalNegroImprovementAssociation(UNIA), whichDuncantermsan“efficientwomanhood”Followingthe wayswomenintheUNIAscriptedtheirownunderstandingofPan Africanism,BlackNationalismandconstructionsofDiasporic Blackness,theworktracestheblendingofnationalistandgendered concernsamongstknownandlesserknownGarveyitewomen.

LARRY LESTER

LarryLesterisadynamicandengagingkeynotespeaker, renownedforhistransformativestorytellingonthevital contributionsofBlackAmericanstoAmericansociety.With over45yearsofexperienceinsportsandBlackhistory,Lester hasinspiredaudiencesatcorporateevents,academic conferences,andleadershipsymposiums,empoweringleaders, teams,andorganizationstoconnectwiththerichhistoryof Blackachievement,particularlyintheever-evolvingworldof sports.TheauthorofBlackBaseball’sNationalShowcase:The East-WestAll-StarGame,TheNegroLeaguesBook(Volumes 1and2),CagedChampions:ColorfulFirstsinU.S.Sportsand overahalf-dozenmoretitlesisawidelyrecognizedauthority onsportshistory.Hisrésuméincludesresearchcontributions tomorethan240publishedbooksandblessedwithrequests towritesixforewords,alongwithappearancesinawardwinningdocumentariesNeverDroptheBallandTheLeague Readmore...

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

KEVIN JAMES

LIVING LEGACY AWARD

Dr KevinJamesisthe19thPresidentofMorrisBrownCollege,a historicalBlackcollegeinAtlanta,Georgia Underhisleadership,the collegeregainedaccreditationafteranearlytwenty-yearhiatus, becomingthefirstHBCUtoachievesuchafeat Drivenbya commitmenttoMorrisBrown'slegacy,heinitiatedthe #TheHardResetcampaign,successfullyrestoringtheinstitutionto complianceandrecognitionbytheDepartmentofEducation Witha careerspanningover23yearsasaneducator,administrator,executive businessleader,andmotivationalspeaker,Dr Jamesbringsawealthof experiencetohisroleastheChiefExecutiveOfficerofthecollege He hasbeenresponsibleforstabilizingfinances,expandingacademic offerings,increasingfundraising,launchinganewfive-yearstrategic plan,andachievingrecord-breakingenrollmentinthepasttwo decades UnderDr James’leadership,theinstitutionsecuredfull accreditationfromtheTransnationalAssociationofChristian CollegesandSchools(TRACS)onApril26,2022,enablingthecollege toregainaccesstofederalfinancialaidprogramsandTitleIVfunding HealsosolidifiedMorrisBrownCollege'sreinstatementasa participantintheStrengtheningHistoricallyBlackCollegesand UniversitiesprogramunderTitleIII

DEIRDRE COOPER OWENS

DeirdreCooperOwensisanAssociateProfessorofHistoryand AfricanaStudiesattheUniversityofConnecticut Between2018-2023, shesimultaneouslydirectedthePrograminAfricanAmericanHistory attheLibraryCompanyofPhiladelphiaandthemedicalhumanities programattheUniversityofNebraska ShewastheonlyBlackwoman inthecountrywhoservedasdirectorofanacademicmedical humanitiesprogram SheisanOrganizationofAmericanHistorians’ DistinguishedLecturer,apastAmericanCollegeofObstetriciansand GynecologistsFellow,andamemberoftheAmericanAntiquarian Society TimeMagazinenamedherasoneofthecountry’s“best historians”Forfifteenyears,Dr CooperOwenshasworkedwithan arrayoforganizations,birthworkers,artists,asaconsultantandexpert onthehistoryofBlackwomen’scontributionstomodernAmerican gynecology Further,CooperOwenshaswonseveralprestigiousawards forherscholarshipandadvocacywork Herbook,MedicalBondage: Race,GenderandtheOriginsofAmericanGynecology,wonaDarlene ClarkHineBookAwardfromtheOrganizationofAmericanHistorians asthebestbookwritteninAfricanAmericanwomen’shistory She's currentlyworkingonapopularbiographyaboutHarrietTubmanthat examinesherlifethroughthelensofdisability

CARTER G WOODSON SCHOLAR MEDALLION

STEPHANIE Y. EVANS

StephanieY.Evans,PhD,isaProfessorofBlackWomen'sStudies (Women'sGenderandSexualityStudies&affiliatefacultyinAfrican AmericanStudies)atGeorgiaStateUniversity.Sheservedasdepartment chairfortwelveconsecutiveyearsatGeorgiaStateUniversity,Clark AtlantaUniversity,andUniversityofFlorida.Dr.Evansco-foundedthe ChairattheTableinternationalnetworkofBlackwomenhigher educationadministrators.ShehasbeenamemberoftheAssociationof BlackWomenHistorians(ABWH)since2003andisthe2025ABWH NationalDirector.Dr.Evansisauthorandco-editorofninebooks.Her single-authoredworksinclude,BlackFeministWriting:APractical GuidetoPublishingAcademicBooks(SUNY2024),BlackWomen's YogaHistory:MemoirsofInnerPeace(SUNY2021),andBlackWomen intheIvoryTower,1850-1954:AnIntellectualHistory(UF2007).She isleadco-editoroffivebooksincluding,DearDepartmentChair: LettersfromBlackWomentotheNextGenerationofLeaders(Wayne State2023)andBlackWomen'sMentalHealth:BalancingStrengthand Vulnerability(SUNY2017).Shehasservedasaconsultanttoeditorsof severalforthcominginterdisciplinarybookprojects.Findthefullprofile forProfessorEvansonlineatwww.professorevans.net

LORETTA PARHAM

THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD

LorettaParhamisEmeritaCEO&LibraryDirectoroftheRobertW WoodruffLibraryoftheAtlantaUniversityCenter,Inc,thesingle librarysharedbyfourmemberHBCUinstitutions (ClarkAtlanta University,theInterdenominationalTheologicalCenter,Morehouse CollegeandSpelmanCollege)Underherleadershipandfundraising, $26Minrenovationswerecompleted Thelibrarywasawardedthe ACRL2016ExcellenceinAcademicLibrariesAward Withmorethan 30yearsintheprofessionherexperienceincludes:Directorofthe HamptonUniversityLibrary,DeputyDirectoroftheCarnegieLibrary ofPittsburgh,Pa,DistrictChiefoftheChicagoPublicLibrary(CPL) andotherprofessionalpositionswiththeChicagoPublicSchoolsand CityColleges Anactiveleader,scholarandengagingspeaker,Parham wasnamedtheACRL2017AcademicResearchLibrarianoftheYear, the2016DistinguishedAlumnaoftheUniversityofMichiganSchoolof InformationSciences,anda“Mover&Shaker”bytheindustry publicationLibraryJournal ShehasauthoredarticlesonHBCU librariesandarchives,anddiversity Parhamisco-founderandpastchair oftheHBCULibraryAlliance Sheistheprouddaughterofthelate AmandaS Rudd,thefirstfemaleandBlackLibraryCommissionerof theChicagoPublicLibrary

CARTER G WOODSON SCHOLAR MEDALLION

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PRESIDENT’S AWARD

KimberléWilliamsCrenshawisaProfessorofLawat ColumbiaandUCLAandisaleadingauthorityoncivilrights, Blackfeministlegaltheory,CriticalRaceTheory,andrace, racismandthelaw.Sheisawidelycitedscholarwhose groundbreakingworkonintersectionality,atermshecoined, hastraveledglobally.Asanactivistshelaunchedthe #SayHerNamecampaignwhichbroughtattentiontoBlack womenkilledbypoliceviolenceandsheistheExecutive DirectoroftheAfricanAmericanPolicyForum,agenderand racialjusticelegalthinktank,andtheCenterfor IntersectionalityandSocialPolicyStudiesatColumbiaLaw School.

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ROBERTC.GUNN

Carter G Woodson Branch (Washington, DC)

THELMAM.JOHNSON

Martha’s Vineyard Branch (MA)

SEANJONES

Atlanta Branch (GA)

DAVIDHARRIS

Huntington Tri-State Branch (WV)

IRENEJOHNSON-LOFTIN

Louisa Branch (VA)

LARRYLESTER

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(GA)

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IDAJONES

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St Petersburg Branch (FL)

ANNETTE LEWIS

SANDY DWAYNE MARTINAthens Branch

LEONTYNEMIDDLETON

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AUDREY PERRYWILLIAMSHampton Roads (VA)

RONALDB.SAUNDERS

Dr Edna McKenzie Branch (PA)

REGINAJ.VAUGHN

Philadelphia Branch (PA)

DONALDPINKARD

W Marvin Dulaney D/FW Branch (TX)

EVANGELINESIMMONS

Bronx Branch (NY)

KAREN MARIE

WILLIAMSPhila-Montco Branch (PA)

MARYCHAVISRADCLIFFE

The Julian Branch of Baltimore County (MD)

PAMELAREESESMITH

Rochester Branch in Upstate New York

MELISSASAMSON

Detroit Branch (MI)

REV. GERALD L. TRUEHART, II Dr Carter G Woodson

Greater Trenton Branch (NJ)

CRAIGWOODSON

Cleveland Branch (OH)

JACQUELINEB.WOODY

Prince George’s County Truth Branch (MD)

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Special thanks to our staff for their unwavering commitment and hard work in advancing the mission of ASALH.

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SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

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TSION SISAY SOCIAL MEDIA INTERN

GLORIA NKANKA

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RORY

CHENELLECATES

KAY

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DELANIWEAVER WEB CONTENT SPECIALIST

TO THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

AUGUSTUS WOOD

AAISHA HAYKAL

EVELYN JACKSON

AISHA JOHNSON

ASHLEY HOWARD

EDWARD ONACI

DARYL SCOTT

TOMIKO MEEKS

ANTON HOUSE

ALBERT THOMPSON

JAMES MORGAN III

THURA MACK

JONATHAN SOUCEZ

STEPHANIE FORTADO

ADREONNA BENNETT

AJ CADE

CRYSTAL SANDERS

CRYSTAL MOTEN

DEIDRE FOREMAN

NATANYA DUNCAN

NAOMI R. WILLIAMS

ZEBULON MILETSKY

DAVID WALTON

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

111th

Annual Conference | NORFOLK, VA | 09. 23-27. 2026

2026 BLACK HISTORY THEME: A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY COMMEMORATIONS

ConferenceTheme

TheASALHAcademicProgramCommitteeispleasedtoinviteproposalsubmissionsforpanels,workshops,roundtables, papers,posters,mediasessions,andWoodsonLightningRoundsatthe2026ASALHAnnualMeetingandConference TheconferencewillbeheldinpersoninNorfolk,VAonSeptember23-27,2026

Asweapproachour111thASALHconference,weseektoshowcaseversatileandinnovativehistoricalresearchthat includesandreachesbeyondourthemeofACenturyofBlackHistoryCommemorationsandhighlightstherolesand importanceofstorytelling,memory,andhistory Onthisanniversaryyear,wearecommemoratingthehistoryofthe Associationandareinterestedintheimpactofchallengesandsuccessesininstitutionalizingtheteaching,study, dissemination,andcommemorationofBlackhistory FromNegroHistoryWeektoBlackHistoryMonth,ASALHhas carriedforththetradition,andtheseobservanceshavebecomepartofthefabricofAmericancultureandincreasinglythe globalcommunity Thus,thisconferenceprovidesanopportunitytoexamineindepththishistoryasforceswearyof democracyseektouselegislativemeans,bookbans,andchallengestoexciseBlackhistoryfromAmerica’sschoolsand publicculture Blackhistory’svalueisnotitscontributiontomainstreamhistoricalnarratives,butitsresonanceinthe livesofBlackpeople

Duringthisyear,inwhichthe250thAnniversaryofUnitedStatesIndependenceisbeingcommemorated,itisimportant tonotonlytellaninclusivehistory,butanaccurateone

Our111thAnnualConferencewillalsopreserveandstrengthenAfricanAmericanhistoryinthesestressfultimes Black historycontinuestobeassaultedonmultiplepoliticalfronts,andwerequirescholarscommittedtostudyingtheAfrican Americanexperienceacrossmanyfields,topics,andinterests Weespeciallycallonemergingscholarsandgraduate studentstosubmitresearchfromtheirsubfields ASALHgrowsstrongereachyearasnewscholarsintroducetheirwork atourannualconference

Wecallonallscholars,organizations,students,independentresearchers,andothersinterestedintheAfricanAmerican experiencetoconveneinNorfolk,VA,forthecontinuedreshapingofAfricanAmericanhistoryandthought

GeneralProposalsofBlackLife,History,andCulture

Tobeincludedintheprogram,yourpanelproposalneednotbecenteredontheAnnualTheme TheAcademicProgram CommitteewillalsoacceptpanelsandindividualsubmissionsthatexploreallaspectsofBlacklife,history,andculture

ProposalTypes

Proposalsshouldbedetailed,comprehensive,anddescriptivethatoutliningthetheme,scope,andaimofthesession Proposalsthatincorporatetheannualthemeareencouraged,butsubmissionscanbeonavarietyoftemporal, geographical,thematic,andtopicalareasinBlackhistory,life,andculture.DetailsoneachcanbefoundontheASALH andAllAcademicwebsites.

Individualswhoareinterestedincollaboratingonapanel,workshop,orroundtable,shouldusetheGooglespreadsheet, whichisaninformaltooltoconnectindividualswhoareseekingideasand/orcollaboration.Thespreadsheetisnot monitoredbyASALHortheAcademicProgramCommitteeandisnotpartoftheofficialsubmissionprocess.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

111th Annual Conference | NORFOLK, VA | 09. 23-27. 2026

IndividualSubmissions:PaperSubmissions:Individual(s)cansubmitpapers Thesepaperswillbeputtogetherwith otherpapersonasimilartheme/topicbytheAcademicProgramCommittee PaperswillONLYbeacceptedbynonacademics,undergraduate,andgraduatestudentsonthe2026AnnualBlackHistoryTheme:ACenturyofBlackHistory Commemorations Papersubmissionsarenotguaranteedaudiovisualduringtheconference Therewillbelimitedslots forpapersessionsattheASALHannualmeeting Submissionsthatareperformancesorplayswillnotbeaccepted

WoodsonLightningRound/Pop-Ups:Individual(s)cansubmitlightningroundpapers/presentations Theseproposals willbeputtogetherwithotherlightning-roundproposalsbytheAcademicProgramCommittee

PosterSubmissions:Individual(s)andASALHBranchescansubmitposters Theposterswillbeputtogetherinasingle ormultiplesessionsbytheAcademicProgramCommittee Postersmayhavebothavirtual/pre-recordingandin-person component

SessionSubmissions:Proposalswillbeacceptedbyallaffiliationsandacademicstatuses.Accesstoaudiovisualsisnot guaranteedduringtheconference.Panels:Aresessionscomposedofindividualspresentingdifferentpapers/presentations onaspecificconcept/topic/idea.Early-birdsessionproposalsthatincludearequestforAVwillreceiveit.

Roundtables:Thesearesessionsthatarecomposedofindividualspresentingasingleidea/concept/theme.

Workshops:Thesearesessionsthatarehands-onandworktoteachattendeesaboutaparticulartool,project,idea,and theme.Sessionsthatareperformancesorplayswillnotbeaccepted.

Media:Thesearesessionsthatarecomposedofanindividualfilmorafilmpanelwhereamoderatedorgroupdiscussion ofafilmisconductedfollowingthescreening.

Submission:AllproposalsaresubmittedintheAll-Academicsystem.Youmustprovideanabstract(300wordsorless),a titleofyourpresentation,yourname,phone,email,andaffiliation.Ifyouaresubmittingapanel,workshop,roundtable, ormediasession,youwillneedtheinformationforallthepresenters.Oncetheproposalissubmitted,thesubmitterand allpresenterswillreceiveanemailconfirmation.Ifyoudonotreceivethisconfirmation,immediatelycontactthe AcademicProgramCommitteeusingthislinkASALH-TheFoundersofBlackHistoryMonth|ContacttheAcademic ProgramCommittee.

Thesubmissiondeadlinesforproposalsareasfollows:EarlyBirdSubmissionswillbeacceptedviaAllAcademicuntil March20,2026,at11:59p.m.(EST).ConditionalacceptanceresponsestoEarlyBirdsubmissionswillbesentoutby April22,2026,at11:59p.m.(EST).Afterthisdate,thecommitteewillacceptallsubmissionsuntilthedeadlineof May18,2026,at11:59p.m.(EST).RegularconditionalacceptancesubmissionswillberespondedtobyJune12, 2026,at11:59p.m.(EST).

In2025,ASALHmovedtoanewmembershipplatformcalledYourMembership.YourpasswordfortheAllAcademic databaseisthesameasYourMembership.Ifyoudonothaveanaccountorarenotamember,emailthenationalofficeat membership@asalh.orgforaguestaccount.Youdonothavetobeamembertosubmitaproposal,butallpresentersmust joinASALHandregisterfortheconference.

TheconferenceschedulewillbeavailableinJuly2026.

Necrology (Remembrance) PROGRAM

Y, SEPTEMBER 26

6:00 - 7:00 P.M.

H 110TH CONFERE

TLANTA, GEORGI

Scripture

Ancestral Dance

Poem “Sympathy”

RATOR: LASHAWN

r of History at Michig

Ida Jones

Rev. Isaac M

Leontyne Mi

Sankofa Village Drum & Dance Group

H. Allen

NEED NEW

Resolution of Respect

Hazel Gillis

Yvonne Acey

Ida Carey

Keisha King

Song “The Goodness of God” Cassandra Alexander-Jones

Liberation Performed Dr. Rahman Johnson

Rev. Anita S

e ” Maude John

W. Marvin D

Madge

nMemoria

Dr.RussellAdams

PeggyAnnMillerAllen

Dr.ReneeAllen

AlbertineFontenotBrown

WillieCooper

JustinePreshaDeVan

PaulaDunn

BarbaraCliffordDutcher

Dr LuciousEdwards

LauraPearlFarwell

VirginiaB.Guilford

GraceM.Harley

RandHooks

CatherineHolloman

DerrickHolloway

RonaldHubbard

ErnestineRosaliaRollinsHuff

PeggyS.Jackson

MyrtleMarieLucas

SpencerL.Maholmes

ErinGoseerMitchell

Dr.DerrynE.Moten

EvonAyeshaMuhammad

RasheedahR Muhammad

CalvinW Pearson,Sr

James"Deke"Pope

JudgeRohoulaminQuander

EdwenaReed

FathDavisRuffins

JoeSansome

Dr.RichardA.Singletary

DrThelmaCraigSmith

BettyRichardsonSmoot

HenryTate,MD

TerryJerome"Emeka"Thomas

GeraldineThompson(FloridaStateSenator)

VondaTracy

NovellaWilliams

MosesJ Wilson

GretaWright

SpecialThanks

NECROLOGY COMMITTEE

Maude Johnson, Chair

Yvonne Acey

Madge Allen

Christy Armfield

Carolyn Blackshear

Ida Carey

Hazel Gillis

Kisha King

Shiryl McCray

Leotyne Middleton

Bernetta Welsh

“IF WE STAND TALL IT IS BECAUSE WE STAND ON THE BACKS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.”

-AFRICAN

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