Charleston Area Branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Founders of Black History Month
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/68klbzUqz2u6ZJt7ucCPoy This a collaborative playlist created by the members of the Charleston Area Branch of ASALH in honor of the 2023 Black History theme "Black Resistance"
Charleston Branch members are invited to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Colour of Music Festival founded in Charleston SC by Lee Pringle, the Artistic Director. Over the four days … Continue reading Colour of Music and Branch Member only Reception
Date Saturday, Jan 21, 2023 (was formerly the 14th) Time 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Location Riley Center for Livable Communities (178 Lockwood Dr, Charleston, SC 29403) Description The first … Continue reading REVISED DATE: Branch Meeting and Forum: January 21, 2023 at 1 p.m. EST
Black Ink: A Charleston African American Book Festival is the first and only annual celebration of African American literature in the Charleston area. Black Ink serves as a platform to … Continue reading 2023 Charleston’s Black Ink Festival
Over the coming months, La'Sheia Oubré and Joanna Gilmore will be working to engage community members in the process of creating the memorial. They will identify individuals in the African … Continue reading A Memorial for the Ancestors
You are invited to join us to celebrate the 147th birthday of Dr Carter G Woodson - "The Father of Black History." The celebration will include tributes to the life … Continue reading 2022 Annual Charleston Area Branch ASALH Dr. Carter G. Woodson Birthday Celebration Dec. 10th at 1pm EST
A virtual symposium at Williams College, October 19-21, 2022 The Life and Lore of Sterling A. Brown: Celebrating Poetry, Prose, and Music, will be happening next week, October 20-21, 2022. Keynote … Continue reading The Life and Lore of Sterling A. Brown: Celebrating Poetry, Prose, and Music
Our democracy depends on hundreds of thousands of ordinary people who act as poll workers to make sure elections run smoothly and everyone's vote is counted. But during the pandemic, … Continue reading Serve your community. Become a poll worker.
Join for a screening and discussion of the 2021 documentary 'Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are)! Urgent and complex, Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We … Continue reading Join a film screening of Civil War (or, Who Do We Think We Are) at Charleston County Public Library hosted by Learn from History
We are honored to invite you to attend our upcoming Founder’s Day and Membership Meeting. The meeting will take place in person at the College of Charleston West Edge, Room 206 with … Continue reading Come to our 2022 ASALH Founder’s Day Celebration and Membership Meeting