ASALH’s 2025 Conference comes to Atlanta amid attacks on Black history and community layoffs. The post Amidst the Ongoing Attacks on Black History and Black Education and the Massive Layoff Impacting Our Community, ASALH Will Bring its Annual Conference to Atlanta, September 24-28, 2025 first appeared on ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month.| ASALH – The Founders of Black History Month
The story of Black History Month begins in Chicago during the summer of 1915. An alumnus of the University of Chicago with many friends in the city, Carter G. Woodson traveled from Washington, D.C. to participate in a national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of emancipation sponsored by the state of Illinois.| ASALH | The Founders of Black History Month (est. 1915)