ASALH 2022 Theme: Black Health & Wellness Keynote Speaker: C. R. GibbsAuthor | Scholar | Speaker Saturday, April 9, 202211:00 AM – 1:00 PMVirtual Meeting via ZOOM Lecture Description: This presentation is a sweeping exploration of the ways that African people began to take care of themselves, develop wellness philosophies and products and respond to theContinue reading “Drum & Pot: Health, Wellness, & Food in Traditional African Society”
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TheFuture of Farming: Women in the Forefront
EVENT: WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH 2022 MARCH 19 | 11 AM – 1 PM ET Program Description Join us for our Women’s History Month 2022 Celebration of women in farming. Meet two urban farmers: Georgia’s youngest certified farmer, 6-year-old Kendall Rae Johnson with her mother Ursula Johnson; and Rochester, New York’s Pamela Reese Smith, urban farmerContinue reading “TheFuture of Farming: Women in the Forefront”
For Immediate Press Release: Knowledge Bowl
Did you catch the students from 3 universities—Frostburg University, Howard University, and Hampton University—test their knowledge of Black History? If you missed it you can read the Press Release below for the outcome.
First Annual Dr. Charles R. Drew Knowledge Bowl
SCHOLARSHIP | HISTORY | EXCELLENCE | ACHIEVEMENTBlack History Event Hosted by the Dr. Edna B. Mckenzie Branch of ASALHRegistration Required FEBRUARY 12 VIRTUAL EVENT | 11AM-1PM ET . . . So much of our energy is spent in overcoming the constricting environment in which we live that little energy is left for creating new ideasContinue reading “First Annual Dr. Charles R. Drew Knowledge Bowl”
The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling
FREE COMMUNITY EVENT — OPEN TO PUBLIC ON ASALH TV The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling includes workshops, Q&A sessions, panel discussions, and a certificate program Join us for our project launch on June 26th with insightful presentations by Tracey Artis from Black Family Reunion and Therese Nelson of Black Culinary History. Through this launchContinue reading “The Black Family: United by History, Restored by Storytelling”
Juneteenth 1865
Free-ish:Thirteenth Amendment Exception Clause. Ava DuVernay’s thought-provoking documentary film “13th” explores the history of racial inequality in the United States focusing on the fact that the nation’s prisons disproportionately house a high percentage of African Americans. Letter from the Ronald Saunders, President of the Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch of ASALH On June 14, IContinue reading “Juneteenth 1865”
The Message of the Empty Womb: The History of Forced Sterilization of Black Women in the United States
Forced sterilization and the American cultural agreement with this practice robbed women of color of control of their own bodies, destinies, and communities.
Women’s History Month 2021
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH BRANCH EVENTMARCH 13 | 11:30 AM – 1 PM ET Lecture by Dr. Danielle Phillips-Cunningham “From Labor Strikes to Clubwomen’s Institutions: The Rich Tradition of Southern Black Women’s Labor Organizing“ View Event on ASALH National In her lecture Dr. Danielle Phillips-Cunningham will discuss African American clubwomen such as Dora Lee Jones, firstContinue reading “Women’s History Month 2021”
National Black History Month 2021
Join us on Feb. 1 for Announcement of the Black History theme and Introduction of ASALH’s Inaugural Virtual Black History Month Festival
DR. EDNA B. MCKENZIE BRANCH OF ASALH 