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THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY®

111TH ANNUAL

conference SOUVENIR JOURNAL SEPT. 23-27, 2026 HAMPTON ROADS, VA HOSTED AT NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

TABLE OF CONTENTS 5

WELCOME LETTERS

FEATURED SESSIONS

EXECUTIVE THEME SUMMARY

FILM FESTIVAL

ABOUT ASALH

AUTHORS’ BOOK SIGNING EVENT

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

EXHIBITORS

ASALH PUBLICATIONS

100 AWARDS

SPONSORS

118

ASALH BRANCH PRESIDENTS

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

121

STAFF AND CONSULTANTS

HOTEL LOCATIONS

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

HOTEL MAP

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REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM

MENUS

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WELCOME TO NORFOLK Enjoy the following messages from some of our Virginia branch presidents

Michelle Evans-Oliver President, Our Ancestors Legacy Richmond Branch

Joe Boutte President, Organizing Northern Virginia Branch

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Irene Johnson-Loftin President, Louisa Branch

WELCOME FROM THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE Dear Conference Attendees, The Academic Program Committee Welcomes you to ASALH’s 111th Annual Meeting! It is fitting that we arrive in Norfolk, Virginia this year, as it is one of the key sites of struggle for Black people today. As throughout the U.S., Black Virginians have struggled mightily against assaults on their rights to vote. Extremist lawmakers have redrawn maps in multiple states to suppress Black voting power with Virginia in their crosshairs. Indeed, it is because of the vast resources of Black community power in cities like Norfolk that are bringing about a rising tide of resistance from the ground up. Powerful Black institutions like Norfolk State University, Hampton University, Virginia State University, Virginia Union University, the Urban League, the Attucks Theatre, and many more showcases the Black social institutions powering the areas around Norfolk. Gathering this year in Norfolk helps us commemorate the history of struggle necessary to confront today’s urgent crises. Thus, we are looking forward to yet another successful and critical ASALH meeting. The theme of a Century of Black History Commemorations 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 leading institutions of Black Power—commemorating the work of the Association of Black Women Historians— and critique the current condition of the Black Studies and assaults on our academic freedom and support systems—Diagnosis of our Discomfort: The Crisis and Future of Black Studies and “We Keeping the Gate!”: The Promise and Progress of the Black Professorate in the 21st Century. More debates carry on with amazing key sessions, 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 a special book session with Dr. Elizabeth Pryor and her powerful analysis of life with her father, Richard Pryor. 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 on. We are excited to offer sessions that honor the legacies of Dr. Johannes Fernandez and Dr. Quintard Taylor. 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

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

WELCOME FROM THE ASALH PRESIDENT Dear ASALH Family, Friends, and Conference Attendees, Welcome to the 111th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). As the 30th National President, it is my distinct honor to welcome you, whether returning or joining us for the first time, to Norfolk, Virginia, as we convene around our 2026 theme, “A Century of Black History Commemorations.” This conference concludes an extraordinary year of programming for ASALH and marks the completion of my second year serving as your president. In 1926, one hundred years ago, our founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, launched Negro History Week so that the history, experiences, and contributions of Black people would be studied, preserved, taught, and shared. Over the past year, I have collaborated with Sylvia Cyrus, Executive Director, the Executive Council, and the former ASALH National President to reflect on what Dr. Woodson’s vision requires of us today. During Black History Month, I initiated a 28-Day Black History Challenge, inviting individuals nationwide to engage with Black history daily throughout February. This challenge aimed to move Black history beyond isolated lessons or celebrations, fostering sustained reflection, learning, and action. My intention was to emphasize that Black history is not peripheral to the American narrative; it is central to it. As a team, we also bore the significant responsibility of guiding ASALH through the 100th anniversary of the Black history commemorations initiated by Dr. Woodson in 1926. This centennial has provided an opportunity to reflect on the progress of this movement, from Negro History Week to Black History Month, while also considering the substantial work that remains. The unfinished work before us remains considerable. We convene at a time when Black history is once again under attack and contested in classrooms, scholarship, and legislation. Educators face increasing restrictions on curriculum and pedagogy. Scholars, librarians, archivists, museum professionals, community historians, and activists operate in environments where preserving and sharing the truth about the Black experience can be both dangerous and courageous. We have intentionally addressed these concerns in our Conference programming, including the Friday Luncheon on the state of Black Politics and the Saturday plenary, “We Keeping The Gate!”: The Promise and Progress of the Black Professorate in the 21st Century. ASALH, as you know, was built for moments like this. (Continued on next page)

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WELCOME FROM THE ASALH PRESIDENT (CONT.) Dr. Woodson and other scholars of his time, including Mary McLeod Bethune (the first woman to serve as the ASALH National President), and the other co-founders of ASALH: George Cleveland Hall, William B. Hartgrove, Alexander L. Jackson, and James E. Stamps, to name just a few. Our work, which builds upon all that they did, is not just about remembering the past. It is about making sure that our children understand our contributions to America and that they are prepared to pass that knowledge down to the next generation. This shared mission remains as urgent today as it was in 1915. Throughout this year, we have responded to this urgency by expanding public engagement with Black history, supporting educators and preservationists, creating opportunities for new generations to engage with our scholarship, and using the centennial to remind the nation that Black history is essential. Now, we gather together in Norfolk. For the next several days, this conference gives us an opportunity to reflect on the century behind us and to imagine the century ahead. We will engage in scholarship, conversation, debate, and fellowship. We will create spaces to build community, to catch up, to hug, laugh, cry, celebrate, and proudly declare that, as Lucille Clifton once wrote, every day something has tried to kill us and has failed. We will also honor those whose efforts have brought us to this moment and support the scholars, educators, students, and community historians who will continue this work. I encourage you to fully engage in this gathering. Attend sessions beyond your discipline, introduce yourself to emerging scholars, reconnect with longtime ASALH members, support our authors and exhibitors, ask challenging questions, and share your own work. Most importantly, reflect on the role you will play in shaping the ASALH that future generations will inherit. As we celebrate a century of Black history commemorations and prepare for the upcoming midterm election, let us remember that the work to protect, preserve, and promote the study of Black history neither began with us nor will it end with us. We were built for this! Thank you for joining us in Norfolk. Welcome to the 111th Annual Meeting and Conference, and welcome home to ASALH. With gratitude and in service, Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D. 30th National President Association for the Study of African American Life and History

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

Congratulations to Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead, Executive Director of the Karson Institute at Loyola University Maryland and radio host of Today With Dr. Kaye on WEAA on your Second Conference as the National President of ASALH! May your work for ASALH continue to mirror the work that you have done and are doing to bend this nation closer to social justice.

WELCOME FROM THE LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE Dear ASALH Family and Guests: It is with tremendous honor that we welcome you to our historic region-Hampton Roads, also referred to as Tidewater. Because of your involvement and attendance, our 2026 Conference in Hampton Roads, Virginia will be a meaningful one as we continue intellectual engagement on our national theme, “A Century of Black Commemorations”. The Hampton Roads Region is comprised of 757 cities (Hampton, Williamsburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk, Virginia Beach) where a plethora of historic events relevant to the tapestry of culture in our odyssey of freedom shaped the Commonwealth of Virginia and the nation. It is in present-day Hampton at Point Comfort in 1619, that about twenty of our ancestors disembarked the ship White Lion. Surviving what we recognize as the Middle Passage within the Maafa, their presence as the colony’s commodity, would initiate a plantation economy the world had never known. In 1861, this same landscape beheld the actions of the Black men, Frank Baker, Shepard Mallory and James Townsend rendered themselves as Contraband to General Benjamin Butler of the Union Army at Fort Monroe. Upon hearing this news, thousands of enslaved Africans escaped neighboring plantations and went to Fort Monroe, which that generation named Freedom Fortress. Newport News bore witness to the nation’s earliest Black lawyers; J. Thomas Newsome and James Apostle Fields. Hampton, Virginia Beach and Norfolk are landscapes of historic segregated vacation beaches, providing a moment of rest from the ravages of Jim Crow Segregation. The region is home to historic HBCUs Hampton University, founded in 1868, and Norfolk State University, founded 1935. It is in Norfolk where people of African descent forged seaports as skilled tradesmen, laborers and domestics. Our ancestors at seaports took advantage of waterways and witnessed bodacious acts of freedom during the Underground Railroad. The Great Dismal Swamp in Chesapeake and Suffolk held maroon communities of our ancestors who braved the treacherous conditions to avoid the lash and chains. It is in Williamsburg where African men joined the British Ethiopian Regiment, or the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, to fight for their own freedom and the liberation of their families. One of the nation’s earliest African American Baptist churches, First Baptist Church, founded in 1776, is a continually engaged congregation. Welcome to a special place in the 757, where we shall ponder ‘A Century of Black Commemorations’ in Hampton Roads in policy, praxis, research and historiography. In Memory, Community and Service, Mrs. Audrey Williams, ASALH Hampton Roads Branch President Colita Nichols Fairfax, Ph.D., Local Arrangements Conference Chairman ASALH Hampton Roads Branch Charter Member Professor, Robert C. Nusbaum Honors College Senior Faculty Fellow, Fellow with the Center for African American Public Policy (CAAmP)

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

2026 EXECUTIVE THEME SUMMARY: A CENTURY OF BLACK HISTORY COMMEMORATIONS 2026 marks a century of national commemorations of Black history. Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, George Cleveland Hall, William B. Hartgrove, Jesse E. Moorland, Alexander L. Jackson, and James E. Stamps institutionalized the teaching, study, dissemination, and commemoration of Black history when they founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) on September 9, 1915. In 1925, when Dr. Carter G. Woodson planned the inaugural week-long observance of Black history, he could hardly have anticipated the imprint he would leave on the world. From Negro History Week to Black History Month, ASALH has carried forth the tradition, and the observances have become part of the warp and weft of American culture and increasingly the global community. For our 100th theme, the founders of Black History Month urge us to explore the impact and meaning of Black history and life commemorations in transforming the status of Black peoples in the modern world. As part of the global African diaspora, people of African descent in the United States have viewed their role in history as critical to their own development and that of the world. Along with writing Black histories, antebellum Black scholars north of slavery started observing the milestones in the struggle of people of African descent to gain their freedom and equality. Revealing their connection to the diaspora, they commemorated the Haitian Revolution, the end of the slave trade, and the end of slavery in Jamaica. They observed American emancipation with Watch Night, Jubilee Day, and Juneteenth celebrations. Eventually they feted the lives of individuals who fought against slavery, most notably Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. The scholar Arthur A. Schomburg captured the motivation of Black people to dig up their own history and present it to the world: “The American Negro must remake his past in order to make his future.” When Carter G. Woodson, as director of the Association, established Negro History Week, he did so as part of that tradition. Yet, by concentrating the attention of the American public on the scientific findings of historians, he sought to turn the commemorations more forthrightly into a far-reaching, organized, and sustained effort to transform how Black folks viewed themselves and how the world viewed them. Year after year, he built Negro History Week into an African American and American cultural institution. He set the themes and provided materials to illustrate the contributions people of African descent had made to the movement of history and modern culture. As his contemporary W. E. B. Du Bois put it, "He literally made this country ... recognize and celebrate each year a week in which it studied the effect which the American Negro has had upon the life, thought and action in the United States. I know of no other man who in a lifetime has unaided built up such a national celebration." Since the passing of the founder, ASALH has continued his work, making Negro History Week and Black History Month an even more deeply rooted American institution. On February 10, 1976, during the United States Bicentennial, President Gerald R. Ford became the first president to issue a message recognizing Black History Month. Then in 1986, Congress passed Public Law 99-244 designating February as Black History Month. These efforts have made February the month when Black history finds its way not simply into the schools of the American nation, but also into cultural heritage sites (museums, archives, libraries, parks, etc.), public squares, workplaces, houses of worship, and homes across the land and across the oceans. These institutions offer sites to discover and learn more about African American history through programming, camps, book displays, and exhibitions. To understand the modern world, especially nations where Black peoples form a significant population, one must grapple with the impact that the public observances have had on the past and the present. This year, when we are also commemorating the 250th anniversary of United States independence, it is important to tell not only an inclusive history, but an accurate one. We have never had more need to examine the role of Black History Month than we do when forces weary of democracy seek to use legislative means and book bans to excise Black history from America’s schools and public culture. Black history’s value is not its contribution to mainstream historical narratives, but its resonance in the lives of Black people.

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

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.

100 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. Pictured are Carter G. Woodson, Vivian G. Harsh, Claude Barnett, Richard Jones, Henry Lowe Engelstein, A. L. Jackson, and George Arthur.

100 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 1916-1917 George Cleveland Hall

1986-1988 William Harris

1917-1920 Robert E. Park

1989-1990 Andrew Brimmer

1921-1930 John R. Hawkins

1991-1993 Robert Harris, Jr.

1931-1936 John Hope

1993-1995 Janette Hoston Harris

1936-1951 Mary McLeod Bethune

1995-1997 Bettye J. Gardner

1952-1964 Charles Harris Wesley

1997-1999 Edward Beasley

1965-1966 Lorenzo J. Greene

1999-2001 Samuel DuBois Cook, Sr.

1966-1967 J. Reuben Sheeler

2001-2003 Gloria Harper Dickinson

1968-1970 J. Rupert Picott

2004-2006 Sheila Y. Flemming

1971-1973 Andrew Brimmer

2007-2009 John E. Fleming

1974-1976 Edgar Toppin

2010-2012 James B. Stewart

1977-1980 Charles Walker Thomas

2013-2015 Daryl Michael Scott

1981-1982 Earl E. Thorpe

2016-2021 Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

1983-1984 Samuel L. Banks

2022-2024 W. Marvin Dulaney

1984-1985 Jeanette Cascone (acting)

PRESENT Karsonya Wise Whitehead

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KAYE WISE WHITEHEAD

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PRESIDENT

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111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY Formerly the Journal of Negro History Founded by Carter G. Woodson, January 1, 1916

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 DERRYN E. MOTEN EDITOR Alabama State University EDITORIAL ASSISTANT DAVID TAYLOR COOK Alabama State University

JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY EDITORIAL BOARD LESLIE ALEXANDER Rutgers University

WILL GUZMÁN North Carolina Central University

JEFFREY O. G. OGBAR University of Connecticut

SHAWN L. ALEXANDER University of Kansas

MAURICE J. HOBSON Georgia State University

RUSSELL RICKFORD Cornell University

DAVARIAN L. BALDWIN Trinity College

MARTHA S. JONES Johns Hopkins University

NIKKI M. TAYLOR Howard University

CHARISSE BURDEN-STELLY Wayne State University

CHERISSE JONES-BRANCH Arkansas State University

ULA YVETTE TAYLOR University of California, Berkeley

KAREN COOK BELL Bowie State University

BLAIR L. M. KELLEY University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

STEPHANIE J. SHAW Ohio State University

DENNIS C. DICKERSON Vanderbilt University

IBRAM X. KENDI Boston University

QUITO J. SWAN George Washington University

JELANI M. FAVORS North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

CHARLES MCKINNEY JR. Rhodes College

AUGUSTUS C. WOOD University of Illinois UrbanaChampaign

VALERIE GRIM University of IndianaBloomington

KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD Harvard University KEVIN J. MUMFORD University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign

DARIUS J. YOUNG Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

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100 PRE-CONFERENCE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE BUS TOUR

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 | 7:15 AM – 6:00 PM WITH LUNCH Tour will drive by or stop at the following locations: Fort Monroe National Monument, First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, Bray School, Freedom Park, Angelo Site, Historic First Baptist Church, Newsome House Museum and Cultural Center, Carrie R. Brown Center, James A. Fields House, Pearl Bailey Birthplace, Ella A. Fitzgerald Marker, Aberdeen Gardens Museum and Houses, Tucker Family Cemetery, Hampton History Museum, Air & Space Center, Federation House, First Baptist Church of Hampton, Hampton University, Legacy Park, Memorial Chapel, Hampton University, and Emancipation Oak.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE BUS TOUR

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 | 7:00 AM – 12:00 NOON

UGRR historical marker (former site of Roanoke Dock), City Hall to hear the story of Hall’s Slave Jail, St. Mary’s Church, Attucks Theater, Westpoint Cemetery, Travel to Portsmouth, North Street Ferry site, Hodges House on North Street, and site of historic marker outside Emanuel AME Church and discussion of Jeffrey T. Wilson house.

100 TOUR OF THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 | 2:00 PM Free event! Featuring Becky Livas.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS ALL EVENTS ARE HOSTED AT THE NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. ALL TIMES ARE EST.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2026 7:15 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.

10:15 - 11:00 A.M.

PRE-CONFERENCE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE BUS TOUR THE REVOLUTION WILL BE DATABASED: AMERICA 250 COMMEMORATIONS ARE ONLINE AND UNDERWAY

10:15 - 11:45

HINE HORNE ROUNDTABLE: JARVIS MCINNIS "AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION: PLOTTING AGRARIAN FUTURES IN THE GLOBAL BLACK SOUTH

10:15 - 11:45

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M.

USPS KWANZAA FOREVER STAMP 1ST DAY OF ISSUE DEDICATION CEREMONY

12:00 - 1:45 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

1:30 - 3:30 P.M.

ASALH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

2:15 - 3:45 P.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: MICHAEL STAUCH'S "WILDCAT OF THE STREETS: DETROIT IN THE AGE OF COMMUNITY POLICING"

2:15 - 3:45 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

4:30 - 6:00 P.M.

PLENARY SESSON: BEYOND THE ROCKETS’ RED GLARE, SPONSORED BY NPCA

6:30 - 8:30 P.M.

OPENING RECEPTION

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7:00 - 8:30 P.M.

VOTER ENGAGEMENT TOWN HALL MEETING

7:00 - 8:30 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 10:00 P.M.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF RESISTANCE: PUBLIC HISTORY, PLACE-MAKING, AND THE SPATIAL DIMENSIONS OF BLACK EXCELLENCE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 7:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE BUS TOUR

8:30 A.M.

SOCIAL JUSTICE @ ASALH: TEACHING BLACK HISTORY AS RESISTANCE WITH ASALH'S SOCIAL JUSTICE TOOLKIT

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: HILARY N. GREEN'S "UNFORGETTABLE SACRIFICE: HOW BLACK COMMUNITIES REMEMBERED THE CIVIL WAR"

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

HOWARD MELLON WORKSHOP: TEACHING THE SOCIAL JUSTICE TOOLKIT

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

WOODSON LIGHTNING ROUND SESSION #1

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

9:00 A.M. - 8:30 P.M.

EXHIBITS OPEN

9:30 - 11:30 A.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: WITHIN OUR GATES (1920)

10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: ELIZABETH PRYOR: "SOMETHING WE SAID: RICHARD PRYOR, A NOTORIOUS WORD, AND ME"

10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

PRESIDENTIAL SESSION: 200 YEARS OF THE BLACK PRESS: VOICE, RESISTANCE, AND GLOBAL IMPACT

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10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

12:00 - 1:45 P.M.

THURSDAY LUNCHEON

12:00 - 1:45 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

2:15 - 3:45 P.M.

PLENARY SESSION: HONORING HISTORIOGRAPHY: DISCUSSING THE CREATION & USE OF THE ABWH BOOKLIST

3:50 - 5:50 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961)

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: AUSTIN MCCOY'S "LIVING IN A D.A.I.S.Y. AGE: THE MUSIC, CULTURE, AND WORLD DE LA SOUL MADE"

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

KEY SESSION: LISTENING ACROSS BORDERS: ORAL HISTORY, MIGRANT LABOR, AND ETHICAL STORYTELLING

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: CRYSTAL SANDERS' "A FORGOTTEN MIGRATION: BLACK SOUTHERNERS, SEGREGATION SCHOLARSHIPS, AND THE DEBT OWED TO PUBLIC HBCUS"

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

5:45 - 6:05 P.M.

DIVINE 9 GROUP PHOTO SESSION

6:00 - 7:30 P.M.

KEY SESSION: FREEDOM FORWARD: REMEMBERING 1619, THE JOURNEY TO FREEDOM, AND DESCENDANT EMPOWERMENT AT THE TIME OF AMERICA’S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL

6:30 - 8:00 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: BLACK GIRL (1966)

7:00 - 10:00 P.M.

AUTHORS’ BOOK SIGNING

7:00 - 8:30 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

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8:00 - 10:00 P.M.

THURSDAY JAAH RECEPTION

8:30 - 10:00 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973)

8:30 - 10:00 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 8:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M.

EXHIBITS OPEN

8:30 - 10:30 A.M.

ANNUAL MEMBERS BUSINESS MEETING

9:00 - 11:00 A.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: THE EDUCATION OF SONNY CARSON (1974)

10:15 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

KEY SESSION: ACTIVISM AS SCHOLARSHIP: HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JOHANNA FERNANDEZ

10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

POSTER SESSION

10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

KEY SESSION: PARTICIPATING IN THE LEGACY OF CARTER G. WOODSON: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PUBLISHING IN THE JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY

10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: A SOLDIER'S STORY (1984)

12:00 - 1:50 P.M.

ASSOCIATION OF BLACK WOMEN HISTORIANS ANNUAL LUNCHEON

12:30 - 2:00 P.M.

FRIDAY WOODSON LUNCHEON

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2:15 - 3:45 P.M.

PLENARY SESSION: DIAGNOSIS OF OUR DISCOMFORT: THE CRISIS AND FUTURE OF BLACK STUDIES

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

KEY SESSION: FELIX ARMFIELD DISSERTATION PITCH

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

4:00 - 8:00 P.M.

MARLON RIGGS FILM FESTIVAL

5:45 - 6:05 P.M.

HBCU GROUP PICTURE

6:00 - 9:30 P.M.

FRIDAY NIGHT OUT AT NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

7:00 - 8:30 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 10:00 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 11:55 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: A LITANY FOR SURVIVAL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF AUDRE LORDE (1995)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.

EXHIBITS OPEN

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: ALAINA MORGAN'S "ATLANTIC CRESCENT: BUILDING GEOGRAPHIES OF BLACK AND MUSLIM LIBERATION IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA"

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

KEY SESSION: THE SCHOLARSHIP AND LEGACY OF QUINTARD TAYLOR

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: ERIK MCDUFFIE'S "THE SECOND BATTLE FOR AFRICA GARVEYISM, THE US HEARTLAND, AND GLOBAL BLACK FREEDOM"

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8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

WOODSON LIGHTNING ROUND SESSION #2

8:30 - 9:50 A.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

8:30 - 10:30 A.M.

ANNUAL BRANCH MEMBERS’ IN-PERSON MEETING

9:00 - 11:00 A.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: FRUITVALE STATION (2013)

9:00 - 11:00 A.M.

FREEDOM SCHOOL INITIATIVE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE: ASHLEY FARMER'S "QUEEN MOTHER: BLACK NATIONALISM, REPARATIONS, AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF AUDLEY MOORE"

10:15 - 11:45 A.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

11:00 - 11:45 A.M

REMEMBRANCE PROGRAM

11:15 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.

FREEDOM SCHOOL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP

11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: PARIAH (2011)

12:00 - 1:45 P.M.

SATURDAY BLASSINGAME LUNCHEON

12:00 - 1:45 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

2:00 - 3:45 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: I AM NOT A WITCH (2017)

2:00 - 3:45 P.M.

PLENARY SESSION: “WE KEEPING THE GATE!”: THE PROMISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BLACK PROFESSORATE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

KEY SESSION: NEW BOOKS IN BLACK RADICALISM: QUEEN MOTHER MOORE, HUBERT HARRISON, AND ATLANTA'S BLACK WORKING CLASS

4:00 - 5:30 P.M.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

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7:00 - 9:00 P.M.

FILM FESTIVAL: THE BLACKENING (2022)

7:30 - 10:30 P.M.

ASALH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2026 2:00 - 5:00 P.M.

FREE: TOUR OF THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART

HOTEL LOCATIONS NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT 235 E MAIN ST, NORFOLK, VA 23510

Location: 1st Floor

Location: 3rd Floor

Norfolk V

Hampton I

Norfolk VI

Hampton II

Location: 4th Floor

Hampton III

Chesapeake 1

Hampton VI

Chesapeake 2

Hampton VII

Marriott V

Hampton VIII

Marriott VI

Wilson

Marriott VII

Washington

FRIDAY NIGHT OUT AT NSU NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY

SUNDAY CONFERENCE TOUR THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART

700 PARK AVE, NORFOLK, VA 23504

1 MEMORIAL PL, NORFOLK, VA 23510

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HOTEL MAP NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

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111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

RECEPTION, BANQUET, & LUNCHEON MENUS Wednesday Reception

Thursday Reception

SLIDER STATION Proteins: Beef Tenderloin Medallions, Grilled Chicken Breast, Lemon Herb Marinated Rock Shrimp, Portabella Mushroom Caps Toppings: Shaved Lettuce, Roma Tomatoes, Avocados, Baby Spinach, Roasted Sweet Bell Peppers, Pico de Gallo, Pickled Onion Relish, Old Bay Mayo, Balsamic Glaze, Basil Aioli Breads: Assorted Breads

PASTA STATION Choice of Two: Pasta Penne, Torellini, Farfelle, Cavatappi Sauces Include: Pomodoro, Basil Infused Alfredo, Garlic, and Olive Oil Proteins: Grilled Chicken, Shrimp, Sweet Italian Sausage Toppings: Sweet Peas, Broccoli, Mushrooms, Bell Peppers, Black Olives, Tomatoes, Basil Pesto, Parmesan Cheese Dinner Rolls

SEASONAL FRUIT & DOMESTIC CHEESE DISPLAY A LA CARTE Vegetable Lumpia Andouille Sausage, Puff Pastry, and Creole Mustard Assorted Cookies Brownies Iced Tea

Thursday Luncheon SALADS Chef’s Salad with Turkey (Dressings: Honey Mustard, Peppercorn Ranch) Rotini Pasta Salad MAINS Salmon Grilled Chicken Marsala

SEASONAL FRUIT & DOMESTIC CHEESE DISPLAY A LA CARTE Risotto Aracini, Sundried Tomato, Asiago Sweet Chili Beef Skewers Assorted Cookies Brownies Iced Tea

Friday Luncheon SALADS Garden Salad (Dressings: Spiced Peach and Balsamic) Cucumber Salad MAINS Herbed Baked Chicken Sliced Roast Beef

SIDES Wild Rice Broccolini Mashed Sweet Potatoes Rolls & Butter

SIDES Potato Salad Southern Style Green Beans Ratatouille

DESSERT Apple Pie

ATTIRE

DESSERTS Warm Peach Cobbler Cornbread

LUNCHEONS & FRIDAY NIGHT OUT: BUSINESS OR BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE IS APPROPRIATE. EVENING BANQUETS & RECEPTIONS: DRESSY OR BUSINESS ATTIRE IS APPROPRIATE.

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

RECEPTION, BANQUET, & LUNCHEON MENUS Saturday Luncheon

Saturday Banquet

SALADS Garden Salad (Dressings: Raspberry Vinaigrette, Sesame Ginger) Broccoli Slaw with Cranberries

SALADS Mixed Garden Green Salad

MAINS Grilled Chicken Breast Seared Mahi Cilantro Lime Jus

MAINS Roasted Chicken Salmon with Honey Garlic Glaze

SIDES Buttered Cut Corn Mashed Potatoes Roasted Brussel Sprouts Rolls & Butter DESSERT Bread Pudding

SIDES Mains served with Jasmine Rice and French Beans Baked Stuffed Portabella (Roma Tomatoes, Roasted Garlic, Baby Spinach with Asparagus on the side) Melange of Grilled and Roasted Vegetables (Malibu Carrots, Asparagus, Sweet Bell Peppers, Zucchini, Squash, Roma Tomatoes, Cauliflower, Tossed with Gluten Free Pasta) Wild Mushroom Agnolotti (Roasted Asparagus, Basil Cream) DESSERT Chocolate Cake NY Cheesecake

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SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026 | HAMPTON ROADS, HOSTED IN NORFOLK, VA NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

100 PLENARY SESSION

BEYOND THE ROCKETS’ RED GLARE THE COST OF INTERPRETING A PAINFUL PAST

MICHAELA PAVLAT

Remarks/Panelist

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 4:30 p.m. EST

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

LIA NITAKE Panelist

100 A. PRINCE ALBERT III Moderator

SCAN TO LEARN MORE, REGISTER, AND READ ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

JESSIE JAYNES-DIMING Panelist

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SOCIAL JUSTICE

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Teaching Black History as Resistance with ASALH's Social Justice Toolkit With renowned Historian and Activist Dr. Lisa Brock September 24, 2026 8:30 am Marriott Norfolk Waterside 235 East Main St. Norfolk, VA, 23510 3rd Floor, Hampton VIII

In these harrowing times, when there is an all-out effort to deny and erase Black History, it’s important that we continue to teach it in as many places as we can. Join Dr. Lisa Brock, as she presents a workshop on teaching the social justice toolkit. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use the toolkit in their communities, in their schools, in their churches, and in their colleges and universities. Each attendee will also get a Toolkit so they can get busy. Now is the time we become both teachers and learners.

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Association for the Study of African American Life and History ®

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SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026 | HAMPTON ROADS, HOSTED IN NORFOLK, VA NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH

100 Presenter President, Virginia State University

THURSDAY LUNCHEON

JAVAUNE ADAMS-GASTON Presenter President, Norfolk State University

VA HBCU’S AND THE POWER OF BLACK EXCELLENCE Thursday, September 24, 2026 12:00 - 1:45 p.m. EST

CRYSTAL SANDERS Commentator

CASSANDRA NEWBY-ALEXANDER Moderator Norfolk State University

100 COLITA NICHOLS FAIRFAX Greetings

SHAKIA GULLETTE WARREN Greetings

SCAN TO LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

KARSONYA WISE WHITEHEAD

IMAM ISMAEL SALEEM

Emcee President, ASALH

Invocation & Grace

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE OR REGISTER AT ASALH.ORG/CONFERENCE

ASALH

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111th ANNUAL

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SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026 | HAMPTON ROADS, HOSTED IN NORFOLK, VA NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

100 PLENARY SESSION

ASHLEY FARMER Moderator

HONORING HISTORIOGRAPHY:

DISCUSSING THE CREATION & USE OF THE ABWH BOOKLIST

STEPHANIE Y. EVANS Panelist

Thursday, September 24, 2026 2:15 p.m. EST

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

KAREN KOSSIE-CHERNYSHEV Panelist

100 CRYSTAL MOTEN Panelist

SCAN TO LEARN MORE, REGISTER, AND READ ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

CHARISSA THREAT Panelist

TYRONE FREEMAN Panelist

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ASALH

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STACEY PATTON

100 SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026 | HAMPTON ROADS, HOSTED IN NORFOLK, VA NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

FRIDAY WOODSON LUNCHEON

Panelist

LESTER K. SPENCE Panelist

BLACK POLITICAL POWER:

TANYA CLAY HOUSE Panelist

THE 92% AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE

Friday, Sept. 25th 12:30 p.m - 2:00 p.m EST

CHARLES MCKINNEY Panelist

ERRIN HAINES

100 Moderator

REV. DR. JAMAAR TRUMANE JONES Invocation & Benediction

GARY FLOWERS

TAMAR SMITHERS-DIAKHI

Greetings

DR. KARSONYA WISE WHITEHEAD Greetings

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ASALH

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111th ANNUAL

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100 SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026 | HAMPTON ROADS, HOSTED IN NORFOLK, VA NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

PLENARY SESSION

MELINA ABDULLAH Panelist

BRIAN KWOBA Panelist

DIAGNOSIS OF OUR DISCOMFORT THE CRISIS AND FUTURE OF BLACK STUDIES Friday, September 25, 2026 2:15 p.m. EST

NATANYA DUNCAN

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Panelist

MARY FRANCES PHILLIPS Panelist

100 SCAN TO LEARN MORE, REGISTER, AND READ ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

SUNDIATA CHA-JUA Moderator

MINKAH MAKALANI

SHAWN UTSEY

Panelist

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ASALH

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111th ANNUAL

CONFERENCE

SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026 | HAMPTON ROADS, HOSTED IN NORFOLK, VA NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

100 JELANI FAVORS Panelist

SATURDAY BLASSINGAME LUNCHEON

HOW ASALH NATIONALIZED NEGRO HISTORY WEEK AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH

DARYL MICHAEL SCOTT Panelist

KARSONYA WISE WHITEHEAD

Saturday, September 26, 2026 12:00 p.m. EST

Panelist

REV. TODD C. DAVIDSON

Invocation & Benediction

100 SYMAY RHODES

Spoken Word Artist

SCAN TO LEARN MORE, REGISTER, AND READ ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

THE G.Y.E.X.P!

Spoken Word Artist

BERTIS ENGLISH Moderator

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100 SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026 | HAMPTON ROADS, HOSTED IN NORFOLK, VA NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

HAKIM ADI Panelist

CAROL ANDERSON

PLENARY SESSION

Panelist

“WE KEEPING THE GATE!”:

JAFARI SINCLAIRE ALLEN

THE PROMISE AND PROGRESS OF THE BLACK PROFESSORATE IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Saturday, September 26, 2026 2:00 - 3:45 p.m. EST

Panelist

ANTHONY REDDY Panelist

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

JEFFREY OGBAR

100 Panelist

SHANTI PARIKH Panelist

SCAN TO LEARN MORE, REGISTER, AND READ ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

STEFAN M. BRADLEY

NIKKI TAYLOR

Moderator

Panelist

NATANYA DUNCAN Q&A Moderator

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POSTER SESSION FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 | 10:45 - 12:15 A.M. EST THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

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111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

ASALH PRESENTS THE 111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

FILM FEST A SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

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AT THE NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT NORFOLK, VA

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 WITHIN OUR GATES (1920) | 9:30 A.M. A RAISIN IN THE SUN (1961) | 3:50 P.M. BLACK GIRL (1966) | 6:30 P.M. THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (1973) | 8:30 P.M.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 THE EDUCATION OF SONNY CARSON (1974) | 9:00 A.M. A SOLDIER’S STORY (1984) | 11:30 A.M. MARLON RIGGS FESTIVAL | 4:00 P.M. ETHNIC NOTIONS (1986) TONGUES UNTIED (1989) BLACK IS... BLACK AIN’T (1994) A LITANY FOR SURVIVAL: THE LIFE AND WORK OF AUDRE LORDE (1995) | 8:30 P.M.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 FRUITVALE STATION (2013) | 9:00 A.M. PARIAH (2011) | 11:30 A.M. I AM NOT A WITCH (2017) | 2:00 P.M. THE BLACKENING (2022) | 7:00 P.M.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY® WWW.ASALH.ORG

Author's BOOK signing EVENT

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 | 7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M. EST IN-PERSON AT THE NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT

Theorizing Fallism

The Color of Science

A. KAYUM AHMED

JAMIL ALRAZI

Shining Stars

We Are Internationalists

LAVONDA K. BROADNAX

MARTHA BIONDI

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

Unleashing Black Power

Victors

PETER D. BLACKMER

HEATHER BUCHANAN

Coloring History Series

Forged in Battle

VERONICA ALEASE DAVIS

CLEOLA DAVIS

Guardians of the Movement

Rushing, Raising And Painted Rust

RUSSELL DRAKE

MAXINE GROSS

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

Nothing Less Than Equality

Elusive Equality

TIKIA K. HAMILTON

CHARLES FORD

The Rosewood Settlement

The New Red Book

HARRIET FROST

LINDSAY GARY

Absolutely Amazing American Artists

The Starseekers

MAE GENTRY

NICOLE GLOVER

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

Democracy’s Foot Soldiers

REENA GOLDTHREE

To Understand Race in America

SUE KIEFER HAMMERSMITH & BOB-E SIMPSON EPPS

Ladies of Little Rock

We Got Soul

MISTI N. HARPER

PHYLLIS JEFFERS-COLY

No Future in This Country

Chance or Circumstance?

ANDRE E. JOHNSON

JAMES R. MAPP (BRENDA HACKETT)

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

Art and Activism

JACK MARCHBANKS

Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes Trilogy

Living with Jezebel

MIKO MARSH

A Dream Deferred

DAVID MASON SR

M. AKUA MCDANIEL

Afterlives of the Plantation

Black Arts, Black Muslims

JARVIS C. MCINNIS

ELLEN MCLARNEY

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

Black Ambassadors

CARLTON MCLELLAN

First Baptist Church of Williamsburg

CASSANDRA L. NEWBY-ALEXANDER

The Instigators

Bibb Country

ATIMA OMARA

LONNAE O'NEAL

Black Narratives of Slavery

Journey with Jesus Through Black History

ROBERT PATTERSON

GLENN PORTER

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

The Dr. Milton D. Quigless, Sr. Story

SOUL SEARCHER

CAROL QUIGLESS

SUNDIATA RAMIN

The Slave Ship Clotilda

Hellfire Effect

NATALIE S. ROBERTSON

WILLIAM ROGERS

An Afro-Caribbean in the Nazi Era

Grandma Dee’s Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

MARY L. ROMNEY-SCHAAB

MARKETTE SHEPPARD

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

An Affirmation

Hidden Hospitality

IRENE SMALLS

CALVIN STOVALL JR.

Why The Future Belongs To Us

Reckoning the Racial Reckoning

MICHAEL TAYLOR

DAVID TROUTT

Relationship Conversation You Don't Want to Have

88 Unashamed Black Mental Health Stories

YAO TYUS

ROMAINE WASHINGTON

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

A Balm in Gilead

Zora, The Story Keeper

RANDALL WEBBER

EBONY WILKINS

Virginia Mae Burnette Perry/Perry

First Gardeners

AUDREY P. WILLIAMS

MARTHA WILLIAMS

There Is Nothing I Can't Do!

TAMECA WOOD

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

AUTHOR’S BOOK SIGNING EVENT

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Awards Banquet SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2026 7:30 P.M. - 10:30 P.M. EST NORFOLK WATERSIDE MARRIOTT The Annual ASALH Awards Banquet recognizes the contributions of ASALH members, community and national leaders who have made significant contributions to African American history.

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

Established in 1993, the Carter Godwin Woodson Scholars Medallion is presented to a scholar whose career is distinguished through at least a decade of research, writing, and activism in the field of African American life and history.

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

This award was established in tribute to Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune because of her dynamic leadership and her years of contributing to education, women’s history, and African-American life and culture. Dr. Bethune served as the first woman president of ASALH from 1936 to 1951 and is one of the most outstanding women role models in our history.

LIVING LEGACY AWARD

In partnership with Farmers Insurance, the ASALH Living Legacy Awards honor African American women and men across the country engaged in extraordinary work to improve communities, institutions, organizations and family life.

FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD

A Freedom Scholar seeks to empower and inspire. A Freedom Scholar provides a direct benefit to African-American communities locally or nationally. ASALH has initiated the Freedom Scholar award to honor early scholars of any discipline who can demonstrate that their field of study is having a direct positive impact on the life of African-Americans.

THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

The ASALH Luminary Award was established to recognize the outstanding work and contributions related to the mission and goals of ASALH, including the local branch, by a person in the locale of the annual convention.

COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

ASALH established the Award of Special Recognition to acknowledge the contributions of individuals, institutions and corporations that make a substantial contribution to the success of ASALH in pursuing the mission of its founder, Dr. Carter G. Woodson.

PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD

The President’s Service Award is presented to an individual who has made exceptional contributions to the African American community, locally and nationally. The President of ASALH selects an individual whose record of community service exemplifies one of the most important objectives of ASALH: selfless service to the African American community.

THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD

The Dorothy Porter Wesley Award was established in 2018 by the Information Professionals of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) to honor and document the outstanding work of Information Professionals; Bibliophiles, Librarians, Archivists, Curators and Collectors. Many of our Information Professionals have also played a major role in supporting the work of ASALH, by serving in leadership roles and as members.

ASALH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET PROGRAM Introduction of Emcee

Sylvia Y. Cyrus, Executive Director

Emcee

Janet Roach, WVEC-TV 13

Invocation & Grace

Rev. W. Marcus Small, Senior Pastor, New Calvary Baptist Church, Norfolk, VA

Welcome, Occasion & Introduction of Executive Council

Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President

"Juneteenth"

Norfolk State University Jazz Ensemble

Greetings from the Conference Honorary Host Committee

Councilwoman Amelia Ross-Hammond, Ph.D., Co-Chairman

Congressional Greetings

The Honorable Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, Virginia District 3

Mayoral Greetings

Dr. Kenneth Alexander, Mayor of Norfolk

Musical Entertainment

Norfolk State University Jazz Ensemble

Professor Frank T. Elliott Ed.D., Director

Professor Frank T. Elliott Ed.D., Director Dinner is Served

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS AWARDEES

PRESENTERS

The Dorothy Porter Wesley Award Awardee: Joellen ElBashir

Lopez Matthews, Ph.D., Executive Council

Living Legacy Award Presentation Awardee: Althemese Barnes ASALH Luminary Award Presentations Awardee: Latorial Faison, Ph.D. Awardee: Devon Henry Freedom Scholar Award Presentation Awardee: Marlee Bunch, Ed.D. Mary McLeod Bethune Service Award Presentation Awardee: William "Bill" Branch Jr.

Camesha Scruggs, Ph.D., Awards Committee Chair and Executive Council Rev. Randall Webber, Ph.D., Executive Council Everett Hardy, Ph.D., Executive Council James Stewart, Ph.D., Former ASALH President

Awardee: Jerome "Jerry" Harris

Sharita Jacobs, Ph.D. and Gladys Gary Vaughn, Ph.D., ASALH Black History Month Luncheon Co-Chairs Sheila Flemming, Ph.D., Former ASALH President

Council Award of Special Recognition Presentations Awardee: Burnis Morris Awardee: Eunique Jones Gibson Awardee: Lillian Serece Williams, Ph.D. Awardee: Lucien J. Metellus, Jr.

Leslie Etienne, Ph.D., Executive Council Aaisha Haykal, Vice President for Programs Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Ph.D., Former ASALH President W. Marvin Dulaney, Ph.D., Former ASALH President

Carter G. Woodson Scholars Medallion Awardee: Edda Fields-Black, Ph.D. President’s Service Award Awardee: Congressman Al Green Awardee: Makola M. Abdullah Awardee: Javaune Adams-Gaston

Daryl Michael Scott, Ph.D., Executive Council and Former ASALH President Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., ASALH President

Closing Remarks

Sylvia Y. Cyrus, Executive Director

Benediction

Rev. W. Marcus Small, Senior Pastor, New Calvary Baptist Church, Norfolk, VA

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

JANET ROACH

REV. DR. WILLIAM MARCUS SMALL

Emcee WVEC-TV 13

Invocation, Grace, & Benediction

ROBERT HARRIS, JR.

BETTYE J. GARDNER

SHEILA FLEMMING

ASALH President 1991-1993

ASALH President 1995-1997

ASALH President 2004-2006

JAMES STEWART

DARYL SCOTT

ASALH President 2010-2012

ASALH President 2013-2015

EVELYN BROOKS HIGGINBOTHAM ASALH President 2016-2021

MARVIN DULANEY ASALH President 2022-2024

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE

The NSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble is one of several premier performance groups within the NSU Division of Music. The group was reestablished in 2003 under the direction of the late, Dr. Patricia Saunders Nixon. In August of 2010, the privilege to serve as Director of the Ensemble was bestowed upon Professor Frank T. Elliott. Now in its 17th season under his direction, the Ensemble has expanded to over 20 vocalists, 7 instrumentalists, and a media team with state-of-the-art sound equipment! A combination of song, dance, improvisation, and collaborative ingenuity, has resulted in this extraordinary show choir that exhibits an alluring sensitivity for the jazz idiom.

ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

FRANK T. ELLIOTT Director of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble

Professor Frank T. Elliott Ed.D., is the director of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and instructor of music in the Department of Visual & Performing Arts at Norfolk State University. He began studying piano at the age of 8 and by age 10 had earned a reputation as a talented accompanist. Frank received his graduate degree in Music Education from NSU in 2004. He earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Degree Studies in Music Education from Boston University in 2018. Frank has served as the Director of Music at the historic Third Baptist Church in Portsmouth, Virginia for the last 29 years. He provides private piano instruction from his home studio and is affiliated with a variety of professional music organizations throughout the area and abroad.

Sopranos

Altos

Tenors

Bass

Khamarri Boatner

India Martin

Edwin Boffman

Zion Stith

Rashanda Garner-Najee

Alise Draper

Jahmere Magwood

Akee Weaks

Anja Shepherd

Chrystall Elliott-Smith

Tyler Nesmith

Kevohn Rush

Alyssa Glover

Anjeolaoluwa Archer

Nyjaela Lewis

Rae Tyson

Sunshine Huggins

Laila Bazemore, synthesizer Edward Boffman, Jr., violin Herbert Jones, percussion Damien Pryce, percussion Rashad Russell, percussion Melvin Colvon, bass guitar Demetrius Rollack, trumpet David Hooker, trumpet DeShawn Threatts, saxophone Tyler Stephens, trombone

Professor Gerald Thompson, Sound Engineer Jeremiah Washington, Sound Technician Kenneth Whitfield, Sound Technician Ayden Lewis, Sound Technician Professor Frank T. Elliott, Director / Accompanist

JOELLEN ELBASHIR THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD Joellen ElBashir dedicated thirty-three years to the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC), demonstrating exceptional commitment to Howard University’s premier repository documenting the global history and culture of people of African descent. Beginning her career as a Manuscript Librarian in 1986 and advancing to Senior Manuscript Librarian, she played a vital role in processing, preserving, and organizing manuscript collections, producing finding aids, and developing tools that enhanced access for researchers worldwide. Her work also included preparing exhibits, implementing public programs, and conducting outreach to highlight the Center’s extensive holdings. In 1995, Joellen became Curator of Manuscripts, later serving concurrently as Acting Chief Librarian from 2009 to 2019. In these leadership roles, she oversaw the development of both manuscript and library collections, expanding her focus to include sheet music, photographs, oral histories, prints, and artifacts. She directed staff training, managed administrative operations, strengthened public services, and improved technical processing for library materials. Joellen also contributed to policy development, fiscal oversight, and reporting essential to MSRC’s long-term stability. Throughout her distinguished career, Joellen’s unwavering dedication, professionalism, and stewardship helped ensure the continued vitality of Moorland-Spingarn as one of the world’s foremost research facilities preserving African diaspora history.

ALTHEMESE BARNES LIVING LEGACY AWARD Ms. Althemese Pemberton Barnes is a nationally recognized preservation leader whose work has shaped how African American heritage is sustained and supported across the United States. Over more than four decades, she has built durable structures that enable local institutions to preserve primary records, maintain historic sites, and remain active within their communities. She is the founder of the Florida African American Heritage Preservation Network (FAAHPN), a statewide network of more than 50 museums, historic sites, and cultural institutions. Through FAAHPN, organizations across Florida have gained the training, technical support, and funding access required to strengthen collections, stabilize operations, and expand public engagement. Ms. Barnes also founded the John Gilmore Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture in Tallahassee, establishing a lasting anchor for preservation and interpretation. For more than twenty years, she led both institutions without compensation while mentoring a generation of leaders who now serve as stewards across the state. Her work helped establish a model for statewide heritage infrastructure that has informed similar efforts elsewhere. Her legacy is reflected in the institutions that remain active, the records that endure, and the continuity of stewardship she made possible.

LATORIAL FAISON THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

Dr. Latorial Faison is a poet, author, Assistant Professor, and Chair of the Department of Languages and Literature at Virginia State University. A native of Southampton County, VA, her writing explores Black Southern life, culture, and identity. Faison is the author of numerous poetry collections, including the bestselling collection, Nursery Rhymes in Black, recipient of the 2023 Permafrost Poetry Prize, submitted for 2026 Pulitzer nomination, and selected for the Library of Virginia's 2026 Carol Weinstein Author Series. A twice Pushcart Prize nominee, Dr. Faison has received the Tom Howard Poetry Prize and fellowships from Virginia Humanities, AWP, and the Furious Flower Poetry Center. She is also a lifelong educator and Military Spouse. Faison was appointed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger to serve as Poet Laureate of Virginia. She is a 2026 finalist for the Virginia Literary Awards; she continues to champion literature, education, and cultural history through scholarship and creative work.

DEVON HENRY THE ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

Devon M. Henry is a Richmond, Virginia entrepreneur who built two national companies. As CEO of Team Henry Enterprises, the contracting firm he founded in 2006, he led the high-profile effort to safely remove and relocate more than two dozen nineteenth-century bronze statues across the southeastern U.S., making him the go-to name for this sensitive, historic work. He also founded and leads TH Logistics, a global third- and fourth-party logistics company. Henry serves on numerous boards, including Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp (NASDAQ: VBFC) and the Norfolk State University Board of Visitors, where he previously served as Rector. His honors include Entrepreneur of the Year from the Metropolitan Business League and an honorary doctorate from Norfolk State, which named its communications tower after him in 2025. A sought-after speaker on entrepreneurship and social activism, Henry also funds a Norfolk State scholarship that has supported more than 50 STEM students.

MARLEE BUNCH FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD Dr. Marlee S. Bunch is an interdisciplinary educator, scholar, and author whose work centers oral histories of Black educators, African American educational history, and culturally responsive teaching and leadership. She is a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Currently, she serves as a Senior Research Associate with the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice at Rutgers University. Dr. Bunch has over a decade of experience teaching across secondary and postsecondary contexts and has held leadership roles in curriculum development, educator preparation, and community-based educational initiatives. Dr. Bunch is the author of The Magnitude of Us: A Teaching Guide for Creating Culturally Responsive Classrooms (Teachers College Press), which received the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, the Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award, and the National Council of Teachers of English David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research. She is also the author of Unlearning the Hush: Oral Histories of Black Female Educators in Mississippi in the Civil Rights Era (University of Illinois Press. Her work uses oral histories to center lived experience and voices of Black educators whose stories are too often left out of official records. You can learn more at Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

WILLIAM "BILL" BRANCH JR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

William E. Branch Jr. is a Washington, DC–based archivist who has served in the Office of Public Records for nearly 23 years. A graduate of the University of the District of Columbia, he also attended Howard University School of Law. He is an active member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and several professional and historical organizations, including the African American Historical and Genealogical Society, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Society of American Archivists, the National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, and the Council of State Archivists. In addition to his professional pursuits, Branch is a jazz bassist who has performed with AJQ Plus 1 for 15 years.

JEROME "JERRY" HARRIS MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD Jerome “Jerry” Harris merged his Rutgers University-earned B.A. in Sociology and M.S. in Urban Planning becoming a public administrator, educator and social justice advocate. As a well-rounded scholar-athlete, Jerry developed a lifelong philosophy of disciplined involvement. He excelled at multiple levels of professional responsibility as Director of the Department of Housing and Economic Development for Trenton (NJ), Executive Director of the Urban and Public Policy Institute at Rowan University, and Assistant Secretary of State and Assistant State Treasurer for State of New Jersey. His commitment to quality education and sound leadership for the advancement of communities of color, is apparent in every venue he has impacted. Jerry has helped thousands of people to understand the connection between thoughtful policy development, focused economic investments and sincere love for the culture and history of African derived communities. Jerry has taught in traditional educational settings and helped in the creation of alternative “Freedom School” curricula serving all ages and demographic groups. His contributions in New Jersey have been replicated in South Carolina for the past twenty years. When asked to explain his energy and willingness to share expertise and organizational acumen, his response is “to whom much is given, much is required.”

BURNIS MORRIS COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Professor Burnis Morris is co-founder of Marshall University’s Carter G. Woodson Lyceum in the School of Journalism & Mass Communications, a West Virginia Humanities Council board member and former Freedom Forum First Amendment Center Professional Scholar at Vanderbilt University. Morris and Marshall President Brad Smith co-chair the Negro History Week Centennial program that produced free online Black History courses, a symposium and a limited-edition Woodson lapel pin (ASALH Store). He is author of Carter G. Woodson: History, the Black Press, and Public Relations (2017). As a journalist, Morris served in a variety of capacities at newspapers owned by Cox Enterprises (including Atlanta Constitution, Austin American-Statesman and Palm Beach Post). He began as a New York Times intern and was the first Black student at Ole Miss named to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. Morris earned a B.A. in Journalism at Ole Miss and M.P.A. from University of Dayton.

EUNIQUE JONES GIBSON COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Eunique Jones Gibson is a cultural architect, brand builder and storyteller whose work has created global movements centered on representation, culture and community. In 2013, she launched Because of Them, We Can®, an award-winning multimedia platform that empowers the next generation to honor their ancestors and celebrate Black excellence. The campaign received an honorable mention in Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards. Eunique is also the founder and CEO of Culture Brands, an agency that creates culturally relevant campaigns for leading companies and made history as the first African American agency of record for Hyundai Motor America. Her commitment to inclusive products led her to establish The Happy Hues Company, a baby essentials brand that launched with Big-ups training pants. She also created #CultureTags, a popular game celebrating the joy and nostalgia of the Black experience that was named one of America’s Hottest Brands by Ad Age. A graduate of Bowie State University and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Eunique has been recognized as a White House Champion of Change, AdColor Rockstar and Ebony Power100 honoree.

LILLIAN SERECE WILIAMS COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Dr. Lillian Serece Williams is a scholar, institution-builder, human rights advocate and philanthropist. She is professor emerita and former chair of African American Studies at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, and previously taught at Howard University and the University at Albany. A life member of ASALH, she has served as a council member, program co-chair, panelist and editorial board member of The Journal of African American History. Williams helped found the Association of Black Women Historians and the Afro-American Historical Association of the Niagara Frontier, which has preserved history for more than 50 years. Her books include Strangers in the Land of Paradise and A Bridge to the Future Green, and her editorial work helped shape Black women’s history. She edited records of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and contributed to the 16-volume Black Women in United States History. Her preservation efforts have honored Mary Burnett Talbert, Mary Church Terrell and others. Williams helped propose the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, serves on the New York State Commission on Reparations, and has advocated for housing equity and voting rights. In 2026, the University at Buffalo named its African American Studies lecture in her honor.

LUCIEN J. METELLUS, JR. COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION Lucien J. Metellus Jr., the 37th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., is a Brooklyn native of Haitian descent. After his family moved to Queens, New York, he attended Springfield Gardens High School and later earned a degree in Policy Studies from Syracuse University. Initiated through Zeta Zeta Lambda Chapter in St. Albans, New York, Brother Metellus has served Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. at the chapter, district, regional, and national levels, including as Chapter President, New York State President, District Director, and 28th Eastern Regional Vice President. He was elected General President on January 12, 2024, and assumed office January 1, 2025. Under his leadership, Alpha Phi Alpha made a $50,000 donation to the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and contributed $600,000 to historically Black colleges and universities and majority-minority-serving institutions. Professionally, Metellus has spent more than 20 years in information technology as a project manager and senior business analyst, directing technology initiatives that generated millions of dollars in savings. A life member of Alpha, published poet, minister, community servant, and advocate for diversity and youth development, he embodies Alpha’s ideal of being “Servants of All.” He and his wife, Esther, are the parents of Jeremiah and Janae.

EDDA FIELDS-BLACK CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLAR'S MEDALLION

Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Dietrich College Humanities Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research specialty is the trans- national history of West African rice farmers, peasant farmers in pre-colonial Upper Guinea Coast and enslaved laborers on rice plantations in the antebellum South Carolina and Georgia Lowcountry. Fields-Black won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in History, the 2025 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, the 2025 Tom Watson Brown Book Award, and the 2024 George C. Rogers Jr. Award for COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War (Oxford University Press, 2024). This narrative history tells the untold story of the Combahee River Raid from the perspective of Tubman and the enslaved people she helped to free based on new sources not previously used by historians. Fields-Black’s first monograph Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora (Indiana University Press, 2014, 2008). Fields-Black is also co-author of Rice: Global Networks and New Histories (Chinese edition 2023; Cambridge University Press 2017, 2015) with Francesca Bray, Peter Coclanis, and Dagmar Schafer), which was awarded the Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015.

CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD U.S. Congressman Al Green is a veteran civil rights advocate, attorney, and public servant whose career has been defined by a commitment to justice, economic opportunity, and the advancement of underserved communities. Representing Houston’s 9th Congressional District, Green began his eleventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2025. Before Congress, he co-founded a Houston law firm and served for 26 years as a Harris County Justice of the Peace. He also spent nearly a decade as president of the Houston Branch of the NAACP, where he helped grow membership, expand the organization’s capacity, and secure its headquarters. In Congress, Green has championed legislation supporting veterans, minority-owned businesses, small businesses, affordable housing, and communities historically excluded from economic opportunity. His legislative accomplishments include establishing the Emergency Capital Investment Program, strengthening access to small-business capital, and permanently codifying the Minority Business Development Agency. He serves as Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus. From the courtroom to Congress, Green continues to advocate for equity, economic empowerment, and communities across the nation.

MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD

Dr. Makola M. Abdullah has spent his career in service to higher education and HBCUs, marking a decade of leadership as the 14th President of Virginia State University. He has extended his commitment to the broader HBCU community through national service, including as former Chair of the Infrastructure Committee for the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He currently chairs the Council of Presidents for the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and the Council of Presidents for Virginia Institutions of Higher Education, and serves on the Executive Council for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. His civic commitment extends to youth mentorship through the national board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. A Chicago native and civil engineer by training, he earned his degrees from Howard University and Northwestern University, and is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated.

JAVAUNE ADAMS-GASTON PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD

Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston has devoted more than three decades to serving students and communities in higher education. As the seventh President of Norfolk State University since June 2019, she has centered her leadership on student success, mentorship, and holistic development — spanning academic excellence, mental and physical wellness, internships, and civic engagement. She has cultivated strong connections among the university, its alumni, and the broader Norfolk community, and forged partnerships with organizations such as Sentara Healthcare, Dominion Energy, and the Pharrell Williams Black Ambition Prize to expand opportunity for students. Earlier in her career, as senior vice president at The Ohio State University, she led Student Life operations touching more than 66,000 students. Trained as a psychologist, she spent over twenty years in private practice supporting individuals and families. She was appointed by President Biden to the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

THANK YOU HAMPTON ROADS BRANCH! AUDREY WILLIAMS PRESIDENT GLADYS SMILEY BELL VICE PRESIDENT MARGARET BERNICE SMITH BRISTOW HISTORIAN DESIREE DARDEN TREASURER LADANIA VIOLA HAWKINS SECRETARY VANESSA WHITAKER CHAPLAIN ALICE ANDERSON AMBER ANDERSON-BORDERS ZION BAPTIST CHURCH JENNIFER BELFIELD JOANNE BRAXTON

JANET M. BROOKS MICHAEL BULLOCK FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH EAST END FREDRIKA CONYERS-BRINKLEY RENEE ESCOFFERY-TORRES COLITA FAIRFAX SHARON FLING-NESBITT EMMA P. FLOOD-SENIOR ALEASE R. GANT EBONE' GILES ADA GREENE PATTERSON PHYLLISTINE V. HARRIS WILLIAM H. HARVEY PHOEBUS HIGH SCHOOL TREMAYNE JOHNSON CHAPTER OF AKA SORORITY, INC. LAMBDA OMEGA CHAPTER OF AKA SORORITY, INC.

MARGARET G. LEE ELLEN REBECCA LIVAS EILEEN MCCALL ELOIS MORGAN CASSANDRA NEWBY-ALEXANDER APRIL RAINS ANTHONY SANDIFER KAREN SCOTT TRACY SPURLIN-SARAVANAN CAROYLN STEWART ERNEST D. THOMPSON RENEE THOMPSON ROBERT WATSON JOYCE WEEKS ROSAHN WHITEHORN DAMION WILSON

Thank You! TO THE OUTGOING MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DR. KAREN COOK BELL DR. LIONEL KIMBLE

Welcome TO THE RETURNING AND INCOMING MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ANTHONY (AJ) CADE II MYITI SENGSTACKE-RICE KHARY PESTAINA AISHA JOHNSON TOMIKO MEEKS

NATANYA DUNCAN TIKIA HAMILTON DARYL SCOTT GLADYS GARY VAUGHN GUS WOOD

PAST AWARDEES

CARTER G. WOODSON SCHOLARS MEDALLION

2012 Collin Palmer

2000 Alton Parker Hornsby

1993 Benjamin A. Quarles

2013 Deborah Gray White

2001 Shirley Kilpatrick

1994 John Hope Franklin

2014 Gerald Horne

2002 Madlyn Calbert Rev. William E. Calbert

1995 Dorothy Porter Wesley John Henrik Clarke

2015 David Levering Lewis

2003 Adelaide Cromwell

2016 Wilma King

2004 Rev. Richard T. Adams

2017 William Seraile

2005 Edna McKenzie Elmer Geathers

1997 Adelaide M. Cromwell 1998 Edgar Toppin 1999 Arvarh E. Strickland 2000 Mary Frances Berry Edna Chappell McKenzie 2001 Bettye Collier-Thomas Darlene Clark Hine 2002 V.P. Franklin 2003 Lerone Bennett, Jr. Robert Harris 2004 Thomas Battle Nell Painter 2005 Walter Hill Monroe Fordham 2006 Sylvia Jacobs 2007 Joseph Harris 2008 Rosalyn Terborg-Penn Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham

2018 Brenda Stevenson 2019 Bernard Powers 2021 Derrick P. Alridge Erica Armstrong Dunbar Geneva Gay 2022 Dr. Quintard Taylor Dr. Edna Greene Medford 2023 Francille Wilson 2024 Pero Dagbovie LaShawn Harris 2025 Deirdre Cooper Owens Stephanie Y. Evans

2006 Bettye Gardner Elizabeth Clark-Lewis 2007 Paul Edwards Lillie Edwards 2008 Barbara Walker Dolores Nehemiah 2009 Bob Hayden 2010 Florence Radcliffe 2011 Daryl Michael Scott 2012 Janet Sims-Wood 2014 Barbara Spencer Dunn

2026 Edda Fields-Black

2015 Louis Hicks

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE SERVICE AWARD

2016 La Vonna I. Neal Lois L. Watson

1995 Jeanette L. Cascone

2018 Ruth Hodge

1996 Edgar Toppin

2019 Ida Jones Brenda Simmons-Hutchins

2009 Sharon Harley

1997 Sylvia M. Jacobs

2010 Juliet Walker

1998 Roland C. McConnell

2011 Vincent Harding

1999 Wayland McClellan

2023 Moses Massenburg Rosahn “Rose” Whitehorn 2024 Samuel Black 2025 Larry Lester Natanya Duncan 2026 William "Bill" Branch Jr. Jerome "Jerry" Harris EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AWARD OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION 2008 John H. Bracey, Jr. Gloria Harper Dickinson James Turner Laura Ann Wilkinson Farmers Insurance Group Our Authors Study Club, Inc. 2009 Vincent deForest Faye McClure 2010 James Johnson Rev. Kenneth Hammond Everett B. Ward Dorothy Redford Rev. David Forbes Elsie Scott Marvin Pittman Charlie Nelms Ethel Jones Bynum Charles C. Brewer Madlyn Calbert Rev. William Calbert Vincent deForest Cora Dixon Elmer D. Geathers James “Buddy” Griggsby, III Frederick J. Laney Robert Stanton 2011 Howard Dodson Thomas C. Battle Carl M. Dunn Robert L. Harris 2012 Constance Tate

2021 Sheila Flemming Bessie Mae Jackson Lopez D. Matthews Jr.

2013 Addie Richburg Frank Smith Charles “Alan” Spears

2022 Alicia L. Moore Madge Allen

2014 David C. Driskell

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PAST AWARDEES 2015 Sheila Flemming-Hunter Daryl Michael Scott

LIVING LEGACY AWARD

2012 Denise Rolark Barnes Brigadier General 2016 Barbaranette T. Bolden Dorothy F. Bailey Beverly Bond Roslyn Brock 2017 Lavern Chatman Brown Lori Leah Croom Peggy Cooper Cafritz Michelle Duster AMB Suzan Johnson Cook Margot Shetterly Marion Wright Edelman Evelyn Brooks 2018 Higginbotham Edgar Brookins Allison Hill Monroe Little JC Hayward Mirlene Pitre Mae Jemison Bishop Vashtai McKenzie Eleanor Holmes Norton 2019 Bernice Johnson Reagon Rep. James Clyburn David L. and Yvonne B. Acey Julieanna Richardson Paula Whetsel-Ribeau Tracey Web 2021 Lynn Whitfield Jarvis R. Givens Fred O. Smith Sr. 2013 Mary Frances Berry 2022 Camille Billops Brent Leggs Roslyn M. Brock The Links, Incorporated Pauletta Brown Bracy Valerie Maholmes Minnijean Brown Trickey Queen Quet Marquetta L. 2023 Goodwine Eloise Greenfield Sundiata Cha-Jua Antoinette Harrell Barbara Spencer Dunn Olivia Hooker Bettye Gardner Lyn Hughes Joe Madison Dorothy Jones Diane E. Miller Cheryl L. Knox Annette Teasdell Latoya Lucas Naomi Long Madgett 2024 Margaret Moore Sharita Jacobs Thompson Mary Moultrie Gladys Gary Vaughn Newatha Myers Consolee Nishimwe 2025 Florence Tate Alicia Moore Najmah Thomas La Vonne Neal Camilla P. Thompson Woodson House National 2014 Park Service Staff Dr. Charlene M. Dukes Vedet Coleman-Robinson The Hon. Patsy Jo Hilliard Mesha Williams Bell Hooks Yolanda Covington-Ward Freeman A. Hrabowski, III Velma Lois Jones 2026 Wyman O. Jones, Sr Burnis Morris Joyce Ladner Lucien J. Metellus, Jr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr, MD Lillian Serece Wiliams Reginald L. Weaver Eunique Jones Gibson Raymond A. Winbush

2015 Arnold L. Mitchem Reginald Van Lee Myron A. Gray Rev. Dr. Jonathan L. Weaver Robert G. Stanton The Hon. James E. Clyburn The W.K. Kellogg Foundation 2016 Ingrid Saunders Jones Charles Bibbs 2017 Bettye Collier-Thomas Bryan Stevenson 2019 Lonnie G. Bunch 2021 Elizabeth Clark-Lewis Kenneth M. Hamilton 2022 James B. Stewart James D. Anderson Rodney Lawrence Hurst, Sr. 2023 Senator James T. Hargett Johnnetta B. Cole Ronald Saunders Michelle Duster 2024 Deborah Gray White Sonia Sanchez Jesse Jackson, Sr. 2025 Kevin James 2026 Althemese Barnes JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2023 Darnell Smith Bishop Rudolph McKissick, Sr. 2024 Nikki Taylor Zebulon Miletsky Anthony B. Mitchell Anita Shepherd Aaisha Haykal 2025 Kimberle Crenshaw 2026 Congressman Al Green RAYS OF LIGHT 2015 Senghor Baye Anthony Browder Lonnie G. Bunch Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Johnnetta B. Cole Paul Coates John W. Franklin Dick Gregory Asa. G Hilliard III Patsy Jo Hilliard Freeman A. Hrabowski, III Catherine L. Hughes Leonard Jeffries Harriett G. Jenkins Ted Kennedy (posthumous) James W. Loewen Joe Madison Bette McLeod Robert Moses Rodney H. Orr Jonathan Pourzal Anthony Robinson Rep. Louis Stokes Shelley Stokes-Hammond Mattie I. Taylor Davita Vance-Cooks Frances Cress Wesling Ayanna Gregory Mike DeWine

2015 John Lewis

ASALH LUMINARY AWARD

PRESIDENT’S SERVICE AWARD

2019 Inaugural Winner Rev. Nelson B.Rivers, III

2022 Milton C. Davis

2021 Henry Louis Gates

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PAST AWARDEES 2022 Dr. Ralph Joseph Bryson (posthumous) Fred David Gray, Sr., Esq. 2023 Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Marvin Dunn Lovette W. Harper Lizzie R. Jenkins Zohorah Simmons Senator James T. Hargrett

2022 Dr. Shantella Sherman 2023 Lisa R. Brown TaKeia N. Anthony 2024 Ashley Jordan 2025 Arlisha Norwood

2025 Mary Frances Early Sheila Flemming Rachanice Candy Tate Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock

THE ASALH BOOK PRIZE 2021 Inaugural Winners William Darity, Jr. and Kirsten Mullen

2011 Executive Directory of Sojourn Jeffery Steinberg 2012 Jerry Gore 2013 ASALH Life Member, Judylynn Mitchell

2022 Frazine K. Taylor 2024 Ruth Hodge

NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION’S H. COUNCILL TRENHOLM MEMORIAL AWARDS

2025 Loretta Parham

2023 Quito Swan 2024 Barbara D. Savage 2025 Kali Nicole Gross

2010 Distinguished Sculptor, Ed Hamilton

2021 Janet Sims-Wood

2022 Jarvis R. Givens

2019 Inaugural Winners Tiffany G. B. Packer Sarah Lewis

2018 W. Paul Coates

2020 Deborah L. Dandridge

2026 Marlee Bunch

FREEDOM SCHOLAR AWARD

NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION’S CARTER G. WOODSON MEMORIAL AWARD

2019 Charles L. Blockson

2024 Joe Trotter

2026 Latorial Faison Devon Henry

THE DOROTHY PORTER WESLEY AWARD Presented by the ASALH Information Professionals

V.P. FRANKLIN LEGACY JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AWARD 2022 Dr. Maryam Aziz Kevin C. Quin

2021 Christopher Bonner Khalid el-Hakim Aisha Johnson

2020 Patricia Payne OUTSTANDING BRANCH PROGRAMING AWARD 2021 Martha’s Vineyard Branch BRANCH OF THE YEAR 2022 Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch (Pittsburgh, PA)

2026 WOODSON AMBASSADORS GIULIA BALDINI JOVANA BLAGOJEVIC CORINNE CHAU RACHEL CRADDOLPH CANDIDA L. DAVIS M.A. PEARL ENI YEMISRACH ESHETU ROSEN TURQUOISE GORDON KIRSTIN NOELLE HAYES

MARION JOHNSON BAYE KEMIT LAILA MACLIN TAMIA MCDONALD JAMES R. MORGAN III JAMORRA DUBOSE MORRIS AYANNA MUHAMMAD NICHOLE NANCE KEISHA OLIVER

ANTHONY SANFORD JON SEWELL TANISHA L. SMITH ANTHONY TAYLOR SABRINA WATSON MONTE WHITE MORGAN WHITE KELLIE “KEL” WILLIAMS LEO WINSTON

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

BRANCH PRESIDENTS

ASALH BRANCH PRESIDENTS YVONNE B. ACEY Memphis Area Branch (TN)

BART BAILEY

JOSEPH P. BOUTTE

BARBARA BOYD

Prince George’s County Truth Branch (MD)

Organizing Northern Virginia Branch (VA)

Kentucky Carter G. Woodson Branch of ASALH (KY)

LURA DANIELS-BALL

DAVID DENNARD

LESLIE ETIENE

Our Authors Study Club Branch (CA)

Organizing New Bern-James City Branch (NC)

Joseph T. Taylor Branch (IN)

TAMEKA BRADLEY HOBBS South Florida Branch (FL)

MICHELLE EVANSOLIVER Our Ancestors Legacy Richmond Branch (VA)

ELLEN FEREBEE

HAZEL GILLIS

FREDDIE H. GILYARD

ROBERT C. GUNN

Manhattan Branch (NY)

James Weldon Johnson Branch (FL)

Savannah Yamacraw Branch (GA)

Carter G. Woodson Branch (Washington, D.C.)

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

BRANCH PRESIDENTS

SHEILA HARLEYWASHINGTON

DR. EDWIN T. JOHNSON

IRENE JOHNSON-LOFTIN

IDA JONES

Roland McConnell Branch (MD)

Louisa Branch (VA)

Bethel Dukes Branch (Washington, D.C.)

DR. TONDRA LODERJACKSON

Martha’s Vineyard Branch (MA)

MANUEL JONES

SEAN JONES

LARRY LESTER

Central Florida Dorothy Turner Johnson Branch (FL)

Atlanta Branch (GA)

Greater Kansas City Black History Study Group (MO)

LEONTYNE MIDDLETON

AUDREY PERRYWILLIAMS

Tampa Bay Branch (FL)

GREGORY MIXON

DONALD PINKARD

Romare Bearden Branch (NC)

W. Marvin Dulaney D/FW Branch (TX)

MARY CHAVIS RADCLIFFE

DR. DERRICK RANDALL

MELISSA SAMSON

The Julian Branch of Baltimore County (MD)

Manasota Branch (FL)

Detroit Branch (MI)

Hampton Roads (VA)

MINISTER IRENE PRIDGEN St. Petersburg Branch (FL)

Charles A. Brown Branch of Birmingham (AL)

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

BRANCH PRESIDENTS

RONALD B. SAUNDERS

DR. CASSANDRA SHEPARD

Dr. Edna McKenzie Branch (PA) Charles Deslondes Nola Branch (LA)

PAMELA REESE SMITH Rochester Branch in Upstate New York

REV. GERALD L. TRUEHART, II Dr. Carter G. Woodson Greater Trenton Branch (NJ)

EVANGELINE SIMMONS

FRED SMITH, SR.

Bronx Branch (NY)

Athens Branch (GA)

REGINA J. VAUGHN

DONALD WEST

Philadelphia Heritage Branch (PA)

Charleston Area Branch (SC)

KAREN MARIE WILLIAMS Phila-Montco Branch (PA)

JOIN AN ASALH BRANCH We have branches throughout the United States. In order to join a branch, you must first be a member of ASALH National, then you must pay the branch dues (if applicable). If interested, contact the branch representative of your choice listed on our branch directory for their meeting notices. Take your receipt to the meeting to show proof of your National Membership. Then you are eligible to join the branch. Visit ASALH.org/Join for more information.

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

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

SYLVIA Y. CYRUS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WANDA FLOWERS OPERATIONS MANAGER

CRYSTAL BOSWELL SPECIAL PROJECTS

KAY PHILLIPS PROGRAMS MANAGER

GLORIA NKANKA PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT

ARIEL ROY PARK HISTORY PROGRAM

TAYLOR GRESHAM MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT

ONUIGBO UGOCHUKWU ADMINASTRATIVE SUPPORT CONSULTANT

BRENDA FRINKS 2027 VOLUNTEER MANAGER

FELICE FRANKLIN VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT & ORIENTATION

GAYNELLE JACKSON EVENT PLANNER

RORY GRULER CREATIVE DIRECTOR

KIRSTEN “KIT” TWITCHELL SENIOR DESIGNER

DANIEL BROYLD NETWORK TO FREEDOM

CHENELLE CATES SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

DIANNELLA GODOY WEB CONTENT SPECIALIST

111TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE | HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA | SEPTEMBER 23-27, 2026

STAFF AND CONSULTANTS (CONT.)

KELLI BARNES CLAIMING FREEDOM INTERNS

CELESTE KEITH CLAIMING FREEDOM INTERNS

WILLIAM KELLY CLAIMING FREEDOM INTERNS

MONET THORNTON CLAIMING FREEDOM INTERNS

Thank You! TO THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE ADREONA BENNETT TAMEKA BRADLEY AJ CADE EOLA DANCE NATANYA DUNCAN LESLIE ETIENNE STEPHANIE FORTADO TIKIA HAMILTON AAISHA HAYKAL

TAMEKA HOBBS ANTON HOUSE ASHLEY HOWARD EVELYN JACKSON AISHA JOHNSON THURA MACK TOMIKO MEEKS ZEBULON MILETSKY JAMES MORGAN III

EDWARD ONACI CRYSTAL SANDERS DARYL SCOTT JONATHAN SOUCEZ ALBERT THOMPSON DAVID WALTON KAY WISE WHITEHEAD AUGUSTUS WOOD

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 112th Annual Conference | Baltimore, MD | September 22-26, 2027 2027 BLACK HISTORY THEME: From Black Print Culture to Digital Blackness Conference Theme The ASALH Academic Program Committee is pleased to invite proposal submissions for panels, workshops, roundtables, papers, posters, media sessions, and Woodson Lightning Rounds at the 2027 ASALH Annual Meeting and Conference. The conference will be held in person in Baltimore, MD on September 22-26, 2027. As we approach our 112th ASALH conference, we seek to showcase versatile and innovative historical research that includes and reaches beyond our theme of From Black Print Culture to Digital Blackness and highlights the roles and importance of the press, technology, digital networks, and publications. The theme explores the duality of print and digital technologies as tools of empowerment and as instruments that can reinforce systemic racial biases. From the founding of Freedom's Journal in 1827, the first Black-owned newspaper in the United States, through the Chicago Defender, the Pittsburgh Courier, the NAACP's The Crisis, Dr. Carter G. Woodson's own Journal of Negro History and Negro History Bulletin, and mass-market publications like Jet and Ebony, Black Americans have long used print media to tell their own stories, build institutions, and shape public consciousness on their own terms. That same independent spirit, carried by Black churches, fraternal organizations, small presses such as Third World Press, and Harlem Renaissance writers who published outside white-owned houses, persists today in Black-led digital platforms, podcasts, blogs, and social media communities that continue the tradition of self-representation in new forms. As artificial intelligence and other technologies evolve, studying the intersection of print media, race, and the digital world becomes increasingly vital. This conference provides an opportunity to examine these dynamics. Our 112th Annual Conference will also preserve and strengthen African American history in these stressful times. Black history continues to be assaulted on multiple political fronts, and we require scholars committed to studying the African American experience across many fields, topics, and interests. We especially call on emerging scholars and graduate students to submit research from their subfields. ASALH grows stronger each year as new scholars introduce their work at our annual conference. We call on all scholars, organizations, students, independent researchers, and others interested in the African American experience to convene in Baltimore, MD, for the continued reshaping of African American history and thought. General Proposals of Black Life, History, and Culture To be included in the program, your panel proposal need not be centered on the Annual Theme. The Academic Program Committee will also accept panels and individual submissions that explore all aspects of Black life, history, and culture. Proposal Types Proposals should be detailed, comprehensive, and descriptive that outlining the theme, scope, and aim of the session. Proposals that incorporate the annual theme are encouraged, but submissions can be on a variety of temporal, geographical, thematic, and topical areas in Black history, life, and culture. Details on each can be found on the ASALH and All Academic websites. Individuals who are interested in collaborating on a panel, workshop, or roundtable, should use the Google spreadsheet, which is an informal tool to connect individuals who are seeking ideas and/or collaboration. The spreadsheet is not monitored by ASALH or the Academic Program Committee and is not part of the official submission process. cont.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS 111th Annual Conference | NORFOLK, VA | 09. 23-27. 2026 Individual Submissions: Paper Submissions: Individual(s) can submit papers. These papers will be put together with other papers on the same theme/topic by the Academic Program Committee. Papers will ONLY be accepted by nonacademics, undergraduate, and graduate students on the 2027 Annual Black History Theme: From Black Print Culture To Digital Blackness. Paper submissions are not guaranteed audiovisual during the conference. There will be limited slots for paper sessions at the ASALH annual meeting. Submissions that are performances or plays will not be accepted. Woodson Lightning Round/Pop-Ups: Individual(s) can submit lightning round papers/presentations. These proposals will be put together with other lightning-round proposals by the Academic Program Committee. Poster Submissions: Individual(s) and ASALH Branches can submit posters. The posters will be put together in a single or multiple sessions by the Academic Program Committee. Posters may have both a virtual/pre-recording and in-person component. Session Submissions: Proposals will be accepted by all affiliations and academic statuses. Access to audiovisuals is not guaranteed during the conference. Panels: Are sessions composed of individuals presenting different papers/presentations on a specific concept/topic/idea. Early-bird session proposals that include a request for AV will receive it. Roundtables: These are sessions that are composed of individuals presenting a single idea/concept/theme. Workshops: These are sessions that are hands-on and work to teach attendees about a particular tool, project, idea, and theme. Sessions that are performances or plays will not be accepted. Media: These are sessions that are composed of an individual film or a film panel where a moderated or group discussion of a film is conducted following the screening. Submission: All proposals are submitted in the All-Academic system. You will need to provide an abstract (300 words or less), a title of your presentation, your name, email, and affiliation. If you are submitting a panel, workshop, roundtable, or media session, you will need the information for all the presenters. Once the proposal is submitted, the submitter and all presenters will receive an email confirmation. If you do not receive a confirmation, immediately submit support using this form: ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month | Contact the Academic Program Committee. The submission deadlines for proposals are as follows: Early Bird Submissions will be accepted via All Academic until March 20, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. (EST). Conditional acceptance responses to Early Bird submissions will be sent out by April 22, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. (EST). After this date, the committee will accept all submissions until the deadline of May 18, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. (EST). Regular conditional acceptance submissions will be responded to by June 12, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. (EST). You will not be considered official until all session participants have joined the Association and registered for the conference.

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Order of Program MODERATOR: MAUDE L. JOHNSON ASALH Our Authors Study Club Inc., Los Angeles Branch

Greetings Welcome Prayer

Sylvia Y. Cyrus

ASALH Executive Director

Rev. Anita M. Shepherd

ASALH National Vice President, Membership

Rev. Isaac C. McCullough

ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch, Jacksonville, FL

Scripture

Leontyne Middleton

Libation Performed

Minister Larry Kamau Gibson

Poem

Yvonne B. Acey

Song

Audrey Perry Williams

Resolution of Respect

Cassandra Alexander-Jones

President ASALH Tampa Bay Branch

"Project 1619 Inc." Hampton, VA

ASALH Memphis Area Branch, President

ASALH Hampton Roads Branch, President

ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch

Hazel Gillis ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch, President

Praise Dance

Lucretia McCollum Truesdale New Calvary Baptist Church - Norfolk, VA

Closing Remarks

Dr. Karsonya Wise Whitehead

ASALH National President

In Loving Memory 2026 HONOREES Dr. William H. Adams Gloria Aers Larry Kenneth Alexander Dr. Stanton F. Biddle Patti Wilson Byars Clarence Christian Tyrone Burton Collins Ty Collins Rita Crooms Betty Culpepper John Flemming, former President of ASALH Dr. Alva Gault Dr. Gloria Wade Gayles Mildred Gordon Lillian Granderson Dr. William Harris, former President of ASALH Sheila Jones Emma Lovick King Cecelia Press Henry Richardson Margaret Robinson Uncle of Atlanta Branch Treasurer Trenton Bailey Barbara Dodson Walker Rev. Pierre L. Williams Colonel James E. Wyatt, Sr.

NECROLOGY/REMEMBRANCE COMMITTEE Maude Johnson Hazel Gillis Leontyne Middleton Yvonne Acey Madge Allen Shirl McCray Audrey Perry Williams Rev. Issac C. McCullough Colita Nichols Fairfax, Ph.D. - Norfolk State University Chadra Pittman - The Sankofa Projects - Hampton Roads, VA

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