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#OTD in history, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, a master teacher and legend in the field ms of Black and Africana Studies, passed away on July 16th 1998. May his teachings continue to spread knowledge and good history. 🕊️ latimes.com/archives/la-xp…

Join us for this year’s @ASALH Conference in Atlanta, Sept 24-28, 2025 📚✈️ #ASALH2025 asalh.org/conference/

‘It does not matter who’s in power or what revolutionary forces take over the govt, those who have not learned to do for themselves & have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning’ ow.ly/Gaf450WtkWz

The National Archives has published thousands of newly digitized documents relating to the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as part of a directive by President Trump ow.ly/kCHE50WtgO7

Ayana Gregory, Congo on our mind... Check it out please at 7. @congofriends @ASCACINTL @ASALH @NATIONALCouncilforBlackStudies instagram.com/p/DL4Lyl3MzNN/…

Today is Abolition Commemoration Day in NY! ✊🏽 🌟 Celebrate at Abolitionist Place today from 1:00 to 3:00 PM — with @ASALH, Assemblymember @StefaniZinerman, hip-hop legend @ImroxanneShante, talk show host @ErneeP, and Councilmember @LincolnRestler. 🌐 downtownbrooklyn.com/event/abolitio…

Celebrate Abolition Commemoration Day in New York State on Monday July 14th @OurTimePress ourtimepress.com/abolition-comm…

Displaced federal workers start journey toward new careers in Maryland’s K-12 classrooms By Deborah Bailey, AFRO Contributing Editor ow.ly/HiEH50Wnp85 #federalworkers #marylandteachers #educationtransition #k12classrooms #teacherattrition

On this day in 1860, more than 50 years after Congress banned the trafficking of enslaved Africans into the United States, the ship Clotilda arrived in Mobile, Alabama, carrying more than 100 enslaved people from West Africa. calendar.eji.org/racial-injusti…

History shows that it does not matter who’s in power or what revolutionary forces take over the govt, those who have not learned to do for themselves & have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning -Dr Woodson

For @guardian, I wrote about the homes of Black writers like Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Lucille Clifton and the urgency to preserve them lest their literary legacies be erased & forgotten forever. theguardian.com/culture/2025/j…

This article from The Journal of African American History celebrates a lesser-known aspect of the work of activist Modjeska Simkins. Discover Simkins's medical activism and her "fugitive" approach to public health here: ow.ly/4a8a50Wk1Bt @ASALH

Angelia Bendolph and Diedre graham, President and VP of our #Mobile #Alabama branch with President @KayeWhitehead at #EssenceFest ow.ly/qPzk50WlVTx

Congratulations to ASALH member @profblmkelley 🎉

It's dark, but not all is lost. This Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter podcast discusses when the people rise up. I joined the conversation at the 16 min mark, but the entire piece is fire! Don't despair; we have each other! #IfWeDontGetIt #Ferguson play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_…

SUNDAY: University of Texas at Austin history professor @PenielJoseph, author of "Freedom Season," talks about the pivotal events of 1963 that impacted the Civil Rights Movement in America – 8pm ET on C-SPAN c-span.org/event/qa/autho…

#OnThisDay in 1865, General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX to read Order No. 3, which affirmed the end of slavery in the states of the former Confederacy. This momentous occasion has been celebrated as #Juneteenth — a combination of “June” & “19th” — for over 150 years.

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.