ASALH's Authors Event and 89th Annual Black History Month Luncheon, Washington, DC

On Saturday, February 28th, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) held it's Authors Event and 89th Annual Black History Month Luncheon at the Marriott Wardman Hotel in Washington, DC.

MISSION OF ASALH: Established on September 9, 1915 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, we are the Founders of Black History Month and carry forth the work of our founder, the Father of Black History. We continue his legacy of speaking a fundamental truth to the world–that Africans and peoples of African descent are makers of history and co-workers in what W. E. B. Du Bois called, “The Kingdom of Culture.” ASALH’s mission is to create and disseminate knowledge about Black History, to be, in short, the nexus between the Ivory Tower and the global public. We labor in the service of Blacks and all humanity. http://asalh100.org/

                                                                                                
This 100 year-old organization is a treasure! ASALH has given me the opportunity to share Staging Migrations at this event and to present another project at their annual convention. Many thanks to Howard University Bookstore for handling the sales, as the authors signed the books. I imagine this was a major undertaking for Howard and ASALH. I shared a table during the Authors Event with historian Jeffrey T. Sammons, who is the co-author of Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War.

 

Following the Authors Event, the guest entered the ballroom for the luncheon. The photo can not really capture the scale of this event. The highlight for me was Sonia Sanchez, who wrote a moving poem just for ASALH. I'm sure it has been placed on Youtube.

 

 

I could sense that audacious Ida was there the entire time. Before I left the hotel, saw Ida B. Wells on an easel. Makes sense to me that she would be watching over, along with Carter G.