Sharing the Official Black History Month Proclamation

Hi Readers,

I was asked about ASALH, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History and what it does regarding Black History, etc. So, I decided I’d share the official proclamation ASALH puts out every year and a link to the site.

Each year’s programing is built around a theme, and it organizes a lot of what Black American historians do professionally and in the community. ASALH is a real model of how to build and maintain a civic organization even as the world seems more atomized.

Black History Month Proclamation | ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month from the ASALH website:

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.

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