February 27th, 2020
Black Women from Convict Leasing to Mass Incarceration
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah
History Department
Black History Month Lecture
October 11-12, 2019
Mass Incarceration and Slavery Conference
Tougaloo College
Jackson, Mississippi
This gathering of academics, activists, survivors, public officials, and others has two goals. The first is to understand the history and current state of mass incarceration and its connections to slavery. The second is to use that knowledge to encourage reform and social justice.
September 28-29, 2019
Justice on Trial Film Festival
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
The Justice on Trial Film Festival speaks to the challenges of people caught up in the judicial system. They know only too well the pain and injustice—the jail house beatings, the solitary confinement, the stop-and-frisk humiliations, the selective prosecutions with bad plea bargains, and the unreasonably long sentences that they suffer. They are painfully familiar with the school-to-prison pipeline that puts so many young people, particularly those of color, at risk. But their voices are often unheard beyond their own communities. The film festival creates an opportunity to project their voices to a world deafened by the negative images and stereotypes presented by the media.
August 28-31, 2019
Philadelphia 201 Hotel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
AASLH is pleased to announce our featured speakers for the 2019 Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting, presented in partnership with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, will take place at the Philadelphia 201 Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28-31. The preliminary program will be mailed out in early summer, and registration will open by June 1.
August 30, 2019
400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
This day-long symposium will kick off a year of events at UC Berkeley to mark the 400 year anniversary of the beginning of slavery in North America. The events are being co-organized by the Haas Institute, the African American studies and history departments, the African American Student Development Center, and the Black Staff & Faculty Organization.