| The ASALH Website is a project of the ASALH Publication Committee, Daryl Michael Scott, Chair. Direct comments to phughes@asalh.net Phone: 202-865-0053, Fax: 202-265-7920 The Association for the Study of African American Life and History C.B.Powell Building, Suite C-142, 525 Bryant Street, NW, Washington, DC 20059 Page revised 11/10/2008 |
| EVENTS Listed Chronologically |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| To post an event, please email Patrick Hughes at phughes@asalh.net. |
Founders of Black History Month
 |  |  |  |  |  |
BMI (Black Male Initiative) Movie Nite
Come join the Nyumburu Allies for the next Black Male Initiative Movie night next Tuesday
November 11, 2008 at 7:00pm sharp. The feature Presentation will be "500 Years
Later". This is one of the most powerful and important films you will ever watch.
Immediately following the film. Everyone is invited. Bring your friends, co-workers, and
family! This film will be shown in the Nyumburu Multipurpose Room. The Nyumburu
Cultural Center (www.nyumburu.umd.edu) is located on the campus of the University of
Maryland in College Park. Please read the review below for more information on the film.
---Solomon Comissiong, BMI
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty,
corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally
- Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, African are
still struggling for basic freedom - Why? Filmed in five continents, and over twenty
countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the African
vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining the collective
atrocities that uprooted African from their culture and homeland. 500 Years Later is a
timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles
the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential
human right - freedom. Written by Halaqah Media.
www.theblackmaleinitiative.org
Come join the Nyumburu Allies for the next Black Male Initiative Movie night next Tuesday
November 11, 2008 at 7:00pm sharp. The feature Presentation will be "500 Years
Later". This is one of the most powerful and important films you will ever watch.
Immediately following the film. Everyone is invited. Bring your friends, co-workers, and
family! This film will be shown in the Nyumburu Multipurpose Room. The Nyumburu
Cultural Center (www.nyumburu.umd.edu) is located on the campus of the University of
Maryland in College Park. Please read the review below for more information on the film.
---Solomon Comissiong, BMI
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty,
corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally
- Why? 500 years later from the onset of Slavery and subsequent Colonialism, African are
still struggling for basic freedom - Why? Filmed in five continents, and over twenty
countries, 500 Years Later engages the authentic retrospective voice, told from the African
vantage-point of those whom history has sought to silence by examining the collective
atrocities that uprooted African from their culture and homeland. 500 Years Later is a
timeless compelling journey, infused with the spirit and music of liberation that chronicles
the struggle of a people who have fought and continue to fight for the most essential
human right - freedom. Written by Halaqah Media.
www.theblackmaleinitiative.org
The thirty-fifth Annual Conference
Thursday, November 13 - Saturday, November 15
Historical Society of Washington, DC
801 K Street, NW,
at Mt. Vernon Square.
The thirty-fifth Annual Conference on Washington, DC, Historical Studies is a gathering of
everyone, from scholars and students to collectors and history buffs, who shares an
abiding fascination with the local history of Washington, DC.
This year's conference kicks off on Thursday, November 13, when Dr. Peniel Joseph of
Stony Brook University presents the Annual Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture. Dr.
Joseph will present a talk based on his research into Stokely Carmichael and the context for
the 1968 civil disturbances following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Dr. Joseph is author of Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black
Power in America.
On Friday, November 14, and Saturday November 15, the conference continues with
wide-ranging concurrent sessions examining, among other topics, the recent history of The
Washington Post; the influence of Freemasonry; faith-based social services; Bowie and
Rockville as suburban innovations; 19th-century prostitution; the controversy over the
Albert Einstein statute; and the 1961 attack on anti gay federal policy and subsequent
development of gay activism. Two films looking back at the disturbances of 1968 will be
offered, as will original walking tours.
Sponsored by the Historical Society of Washington, DC, and the DC Public Library, the
conference is open to the public. Admission is $10, $5 for students and seniors.
All sessions will take place at the Historical Society of Washington, DC, 801 K Street, NW, in
the old Carnegie Library building.
For more information call 383-1850 or see
http://www.historydc.org/2008Conference/
Posted by Mary Rowse
Thursday, November 13 - Saturday, November 15
Historical Society of Washington, DC
801 K Street, NW,
at Mt. Vernon Square.
The thirty-fifth Annual Conference on Washington, DC, Historical Studies is a gathering of
everyone, from scholars and students to collectors and history buffs, who shares an
abiding fascination with the local history of Washington, DC.
This year's conference kicks off on Thursday, November 13, when Dr. Peniel Joseph of
Stony Brook University presents the Annual Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Lecture. Dr.
Joseph will present a talk based on his research into Stokely Carmichael and the context for
the 1968 civil disturbances following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Dr. Joseph is author of Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black
Power in America.
On Friday, November 14, and Saturday November 15, the conference continues with
wide-ranging concurrent sessions examining, among other topics, the recent history of The
Washington Post; the influence of Freemasonry; faith-based social services; Bowie and
Rockville as suburban innovations; 19th-century prostitution; the controversy over the
Albert Einstein statute; and the 1961 attack on anti gay federal policy and subsequent
development of gay activism. Two films looking back at the disturbances of 1968 will be
offered, as will original walking tours.
Sponsored by the Historical Society of Washington, DC, and the DC Public Library, the
conference is open to the public. Admission is $10, $5 for students and seniors.
All sessions will take place at the Historical Society of Washington, DC, 801 K Street, NW, in
the old Carnegie Library building.
For more information call 383-1850 or see
http://www.historydc.org/2008Conference/
Posted by Mary Rowse