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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is a learned society dedicated to the study and appreciation of African-American History.The association was founded in Chicago on September 9, 1915, [1] during the National Half Century Exposition and Lincoln Jubilee, as the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) by Carter G. Woodson, William B ...
Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950) [1] was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history.
The Afro-American Association (AAA) was an influential organization founded in 1962 that started as a study group teaching African and African American history, later hosting speakers, meetings, forums, and other activities.
The journal was and is a publication of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, an organization founded by Woodson. [4] The journal was the dominant scholarly source for the study of African American history at the time of its inception, because there were no other such texts.
African-American history started with the forced transportation of Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. The European colonization of the Americas , and the resulting Atlantic slave trade , encompassed a large-scale transportation of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic.
Obama became the first Black president in American history after winning the 2008 election race against John McCain. While in office, he earned a Nobel Peace Prize, worked to limit climate change ...
A vandalized statue of Juan Ponce de Leon is seen at Bayfront Park, after a protest on June 10 against George Floyd’s death, police brutality and racial inequality in Miami, Florida on June 11 ...
September 9 – Carter G. Woodson founds the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Chicago. [citation needed] A schism from the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. forms the National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. [citation needed] 1916