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Email info@asalh.net to submit your announcements for consideration for posting. Submissions are
subject to editing and will stay on the Community Board for 180 days (or until the event has
passed).
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FEBRUARY
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AARP FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 5TH ANNUAL WOMEN'S SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Women 40+ with financial need are eligible for Scholarships or
More than $450,000 in Educational Scholarships have been Awarded
Applicants can submit their application online beginning February 1, 2011 at
www.aarp.org/womensscholarship. The application process closes on March 31, 2011 and scholarships will be
awarded in late 2011.
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Diaries of a Prolific Professor: Undergraduate Research from the James Haskins Manuscript
Collection/at University of Florida is now online at: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00007589/.
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Immediate Past President of the Hampton Roads Organizing Branch, William Harvey has been
appointed to the board of the Newsome House in Newport News, VA.
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Call for Entries due by February 1, 2012
The 1st Annual Association for the Study of African American Life and History
Advertising Showcase
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, the Founders of
Black History Month, announces a new showcase to recognize exceptional accomplishments, skill,
talent, and excellence in advertising directed to the African American marketplace and consumer. It
also recognizes advertising that exemplifies the Association's mission to promote, research,
preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global
community.
The showcase will take place at the Association's 86th annual Black History Month Luncheon
in Washington, DC on Saturday, February 25th, 2012. Click here for more information on the
ASALH luncheon.
For more details on how to enter, type of media required, entry format and delivery address please
click here.
If you have any questions please contact us at info@asalh.net or click here.
All completed packages must be received by February 1, 2012.
ASALH Advertising Showcase
Howard University- The Howard Center
2225 Georgia Avenue NW, Suite 331
Washington, DC 20059
Attn: Gwen Kelly
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Please note that the submission deadline for abstracts for the Kwame Nkrumah International
Conference has been extended to February 12, 2012.
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The Filson Historical Society
Filson Fellowships & Internships Deadline:
February 15, 2012
The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky, invites applications for fellowships to support
research in The Filson's collections, and internships. Applications must be received by February 15,
2012. Detailed information about fellowships, internships, and application procedures can be found
on The Filson's Web site: http://www.filsonhistorical.org/fellowships.html. Information about The
Filson's collections can be found on the online catalog.
Questions regarding the fellowships and internships program should be directed to Dr. A. Glenn
Crothers, Director of Research for The Filson Institute:
crothers@filsonhistorical.org<mailto:crothers@filsonhistorical.org> or
glenn.crothers@louisville.edu<mailto:glenn.crothers@louisville.edu>
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Robert "Bob" Mants
(1943 — 2011)
ASALH morns the loss of SNCC member Robert "Bob" Mants, Jr.
More...
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MARCH
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Marcus Garvey Foundation research fellowships : Deadilne March 16, 2012
1) Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowship
looks to support doctoral candidates doing primary research in the humanities and
social sciences on topics related to Africa and the African diaspora. Research fellows receive
grants of $500 to help defray research expenses.
2) Jean Harvey Slappy Research Fellowship
looks to support doctoral candidates
working on aspects of the history of the U.N.I.A. (Universal Negro
Improvement Association), the A.C.L. (African Communities League), and/or
Marcus Garvey's organizational activities
Visit the Marcus Garvey Foundation website for more information and application
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March 25, 2012 at 2pm Bethel Dukes ASALH and Israel Metropolitan CME Church are sponsoring
a talk and book signing by award winning children’s author Eloise Greenfield on March 25. This is in
celebration of Women’s History Month and is a rare occasion to meet Mrs. Greenfield as she does
not make many public appearances. Her newest book “The Great Migration”
Light refreshments, Book Signing! Please RSVP: simsjil@pgcc.edu
Click here for more information.
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New Scholarship on the South: Call for Submissions
Southern Cultures, the award-winning and peer-reviewed quarterly from UNC's Center for the
Study of the American South, would like to strongly encourage submissions from scholars on topics
that address the American South. We are a multidisciplinary journal, interested in all approaches and
types of scholarship, and we pay our contributors.
Over 50,000 people annually read Southern Cultures in print, online, and through eBooks, including
scholars and students of history, American studies, literature, pop culture, sociology, political
science, women & gender, music, photography & art, environment, religion, cultural studies, and
many other subjects. To browse our essays online, please visit:
http://www.southerncultures.org/content/read/
To read the latest issue and for information about submissions, please visit:
www.southerncultures.org
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CALL FOR PAPERS
PENN STATE Site of NYASA 2012 Conference
http://www.nyasa.org/conference/callforpapers.html
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JULY
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July 25- 28, 2012
2012 National Urban League Conference
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
info@nul.org or click here to visit the National Urban League website.
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PRESS RELEASE--November 11, 2011
ASALH and Walmart Partner to Launch Loaned Executive Program Veteran Marketing Executive to
Champion Program’s Inaugural Initiatives and Activities
Click here to read full press release.
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University of Alabama, the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South will offer
four fellowships in the amount of $500 each for researchers whose projects entail work to
be conducted in southern history or southern studies at the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library
Deadline March 16, 2012
Both academic and non-academic researchers at any stage of their careers are encouraged to
apply. Because fellowships are designed primarily to help defray travel and lodging expenses,
however, eligibility is restricted to researchers living outside the Tuscaloosa area.
Visit the website for more information or
Joshua Rothman, Director of Summersell Center at jrothman@bama.ua.edu or 205-348-3818
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ROAD SCHOLAR PRESENTS AWARD FOR LIFELONG LEARNINGTO DR. HUBERTA
JACKSON-LOWMAN OF FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
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Berea College Plans Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education
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To promote the interpretation of Virginia history and access to its collections, the Virginia Historical
Society, funded by a matching grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and gifts from
individuals, offers research fellowships of up to three weeks a year. For the purpose of this program,
a week is defined as five days in the VHS library, which is open 10-5, Tuesday through Saturday.
For information about the research fellowships and how to submit an application for 2012, please
visit the following page on the VHS web site: http://www.vahistorical.org/research/fellowships.htm
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I Walked the Sloping Hills, NCCU's Walter Brown Pens Memoir
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AFRO Newspaper article about William Henderson Foote
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