103rd Annual Meeting and Conference Mailer

ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY®

Mailing Address: Howard Center 2225 Georgia Avenue, NW Suite 331 Washington, DC 20059

“Founders of Black History Month”

THIS MAILING INCLUDES • Conference Information • Membership Information • Advertising & Sponsorship Information

103RD ANNUAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE OCTOBER 3-7, 2018 — INDIANAPOLIS MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN

WE HAVE AN EXCITING PROGRAM FULL OF INFORMATIVE AND INSPIRING SESSIONS FEATURING PROMINENT FIGURES IN BLACK CULTURAL STUDIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS, INCLUDING: • Journal of African American History Reception • Authors’ Book Signing • Black History Bus Tours

• Carter G. Woodson Luncheon • Exhibit Areas and Film Festival • Annual ASALH Banquet and much, much more!

ASALH.ORG #ASALH #ASALH2018 #CARTERGWOODSON

MEETING & CONFERENCE INFORMATION 1. GO ONLINE at www.asalh.org/Conference. Registering online is easy and expedites credit card processing.

2. You can also complete the attached registration form and return with check, money order, or credit card information to ASALH.

HONORARY CONFERENCE CHAIR BRIGADIER GENERAL WAYNE BLACK

Indiana National Guard Commanding General 81st Troop Command

3. Or you can register by phone by calling (202) 238-5912.

EARLY BIRD DEADLINE: AUGUST 20, 2018 Pre-registration August 21 - September 12, 2018 On-site registration prices effective September 13, 2018

CHECK POLICY Checks to ASALH to pay for registrations must be received NO LATER THAN September 10, 2018.

REFUND POLICY All refund requests must be in writing and received no later than August 20, 2018. See refund policy at www.asalh.org on the conference registration page.

There will be NO refunds after August 20, 2018.

INDIANAPOLIS MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN 350 W. Maryland Street, Indianapolis, IN 46225 ASALH Reservation Website: https://aws.passkey.com/go/ASALH2018conference Marriott Hotel Number: 317.822.3500 Toll Free Marriott Reservation Number: 877.640.7666 The group name for the hotel reservations is ASA

ASALH Room Share: There will be a 25% processing fee withheld from all refunds BEFORE the refund deadline.

CONTACT ASALH Phone: (202) 238-5910 Website: www.asalh.org

THE ASALH TEAM President: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham Executive Director: Sylvia Y. Cyrus Registration: Byron Dunn, membership@asalh.org Academic Program Co-Chairs: Sundiata Cha-Jua Lionel Kimble Zebulon Miletsky program@asalh.org Local Arrangement Committee Chair Monroe Little, asalh.josephtaylor@gmail.com Author’s Book Signing & Advertisements: Karen May, programads@asalh.org Conference Oversight Committee Co-Chairs: Jeffrey A. Banks and Jim C. Harper,II

ASALH is once again offering to match conference attendees willing to share their rooms and split expenses with other conference attendees. This service allows people the opportunity to reduce their cost, meet new people, and make connections.

Bill O’Laughlin has agreed to coordinate the ASALH Room Share Service. NOTE: Bill O’Laughlin does not make your hotel reservations. He simply connects interested parties who are seeking a roommate for the conference. To take advantage of this service, please use the easy online form to submit your request at asalh.org/roomshare or email roomshare@asalh.org.

LOCAL TRANSPORTATION Go Shuttle Airport Shuttle Service: Call 800.589.6004 or visit goexpresstravel.com/indy_express Indygo Bus System: Call 800.743.3333 or visit Indygo.net Taxicab Service: Taxis are readily available at the airport, Indiana Convention Center, Circle Centre mall, and major hotels.

Lyft and Uber: Special LYFT codes for ASALH attendees ASALHINDY (for $5 first 2 rides) or ASALHINDY18 (for 15% 2 rides) CAR SERVICES: Royal Limousine, 317.529.8040,

SPONSORSHIP & ADVERTISING The ASALH Conference presents an exciting opportunity for your organization to gain visibility and promote your products or projects. Advertising Deadline August 31, 2018.

For additional information, visit asalh.org/advertise or asalh.org/sponsors

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info@royallimoin.com; Reserve Car Services, 317.557.1959, kbrown@reservecarservices.com For additional information on travel and lodging, visit asalh.org/travel.

2018 THEME: AFRICAN AMERICANS IN TIMES OF WAR Those very concepts provide a broad, useful framework for focusing on the roles of African Americans in every American war, from the Revolutionary War Era to that of the present “War against Terrorism.”

Times of War inevitably provide the framework for many stories related to African American soldiers and sailors, veterans, and civilians.

This is a theme filled with paradoxes of valor and defeat, of civil rights opportunities and setbacks, of struggles abroad and at home, of artistic creativity and repression, and of catastrophic loss of life and the righteous hope for peace.

CONFERENCE The ASALH Annual Conference is an occasion to explore the history and culture of people of African descent. Our conference brings together more than one thousand people, including educators, students, community builders, business professionals, and others who share an abiding interest in learning about the contribution of African Americans to this nation and the world.

For over a century, our conference has featured a rich program, which now includes scholarly sessions, professional workshops, plenaries, a Film Festival and other presentations that analyze and illuminate a critical theme in the Black experience. Our 2018 conference will offer attendees from across America and beyond more than 200 sessions, featuring ASALH members who are prominent figures in Black cultural studies, as well as students from many disciplines.

Sessions will be on the theme and many aspects of black life, history, and culture.

ABOUT THE THEME The 2018 theme, “African Americans in Times of War,” commemorates the centennial of the end of the First World War in 1918, and explores the complex meanings and implications of this international struggle and its aftermath. The First World War was initially termed by many as “The Great War,” “The War to End All Wars,” and the war “to make the world safe for democracy.”

The theme suggests that contemporary conditions, past and present, give us cause for critical pause in our studies and deliberations to consider the specific and unique issues faced by African Americans in times of war. These issues include opportunities for advancement and repression of opportunities during wartime; the struggle to integrate the military and experiences during segregation/apartheid and successful integration; veterans experiences once they returned home; the creation of African American Veteran of Foreign War posts; cultures and aesthetics of dissent; global/international discourse;, including impact and influence of the Pan African Congresses; the impact of migration and urban development; educational opportunities; health care development; the roles of civil rights and Black liberation organizations, including the Black Power movement and the Black Panther Party; the roles of African American businesses, women, religious institutions, and the Black press; in the struggle abroad and at home; the topographies and spaces of Black military struggle, resistance and rebellion; and how Black soldiers and/veterans are documented and memorialized within public and private spaces.

These diverse stories reveal war’s impact not only on men and women in uniform but on the larger African American community.

ABOUT ASALH ASALH is the world’s oldest learned society devoted to the research, education, culture and history of people of African descent. Dr. Woodson is the recognized “Father” of Black history. From its inception, ASALH has remained the paramount organization dedicated to promoting scholarship involving the life and history of African Americans.

MEMBERSHIP ALL ASALH members enjoy: • Discounted conference registration • FREE online posting of jobs and events • Ability to participate in the Authors’ Book Signing • Ability to present papers at the Annual Conference • Digital copies of the JAAH, BHB & FIRE!!!

• One vote in the Executive Council Elections and more • ASALH branch members receive free print copies of the JAAH during the membership year.

For more information on member benefits and to become a member, visit www.asalh.org/join and click on Membership Info.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (EIN: 530219640) is a tax-exempt 501 (c)(3) organization. Contributions to ASALH are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

PLEASE VISIT WWW.ASALH.ORG/CONFERENCE FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES AND PROGRAM DETAILS.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018 Conference Registration

1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown­– 2nd floor

Pre-Conference African American Heritage Bus Tour “Smithsonian on the Landscape”

7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Bus will load from the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Missouri Street entrance.

ASALH Executive Council Meeting (Members Welcome)

9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown­– Kentucky – 1st floor

Military Service of African Americans Recognized in Public Spaces: A Discussion on Inclusive Military History

4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Tennessee – 1st floor

Opening Night Reception

7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 6 – 2nd floor

Conference Registration

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown - 2nd floor

African American Heritage Bus Tour “Heroes, History and Heritage”

7:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Bus will load from the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Missouri Street entrance.

Session I

8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

Session II

10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

The Salute to Veterans Luncheon: Speaker, Judge Robert L. Wilkins “The History Behind the National Museum”

12:00 noon – 1:45 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 6 – 2nd floor

Exhibit Area Open

12:00 noon – 9:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown –Marriott Foyer – 2nd floor

Session III

2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

Film Festival

2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Santa Fe – 2nd floor

Plenary Session 1: Against US Imperialism: Pan-Africanism and Black Internationalism, 1900-2016

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 5 – 2nd floor

Authors’ Book Signing

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown - Marriott 7&8 – 2nd floor

Journal of African American History Reception: A Retirement Celebration for Editor V.P. Franklin

8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 6 – 2nd floor

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018

LUNCHEON AND BANQUET SPEAKERS

THE SALUTE TO VETERANS THURSDAY LUNCHEON

Judge Robert L. Wilkins

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CARTER G. WOODSON FRIDAY LUNCHEON Ibram X. Kendi

CARTER G. WOODSON FRIDAY LUNCHEON

ABWH/ASALH JOINT LUNCHEON SATURDAY

Heather Ann Thompson

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

103RD ANNUAL MEETING AND CONFERENCE | OCTOBER 3-7, 2018 | INDIANAPOLIS, IN

ANNUAL BANQUET SATURDAY Julieanna Richardson

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

PLEASE VISIT WWW.ASALH.ORG/CONFERENCE FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES AND PROGRAM DETAILS.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018 Conference Registration

8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – 2nd floor

Exhibit Area Open

8:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott Foyer – 2nd floor

Youth Day

9:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.

Crispus Attucks High School

Film Festival

9:00 a.m.– 9:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Santa Fe – 2nd floor

Session I

8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

Session II

10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

Carter G. Woodson Luncheon: Speakers, Ibram X. Kendi & Heather Ann Thompson

12:00 noon – 1:45 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 6 – 2nd floor

Session III

2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

ASALH Awards Program

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 5 – 2nd floor

ASALH Business Meeting - All members encouraged to attend

5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 5 – 2nd floor

Evening Sessions

7:00 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

Friday Night Out

7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Center for Black Literature and Culture – Bus will load from the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Missouri Street entrance at 7:30 p.m. – 1st bus departs at 7:45 p.m.

Poetry Open Mic Night – Elevation: Black Excellence Past & Present

10:00 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown- Marriott 4 – 2nd Floor

Conference Registration

8:00 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – 2nd floor

Exhibit Area Open

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott Foyer – 2nd floor

ASALH Branch Workshop

8:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown - Marriott 5 – 2nd floor

Film Festival

9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Santa Fe – 2nd floor

Session I

8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

Session II

10:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

ABWH/ASALH Joint Luncheon: Speaker, Erica Armstrong Dunbar

12 noon – 1:45 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 6 – 2nd floor

Session III

2:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Various Locations

Plenary Session III: African Americans and the Great War

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 5 – 2nd floor

ASALH Annual Banquet: Speaker Julieanna Richardson, The HistoryMakers, Founding Director

7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 6 – 2nd floor

8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Indianapolis Marriott Downtown – Marriott 7-8 – 2nd floor

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2018 ASALH Ecumenical Breakfast, The Rev. Winterbourne Harrison-Jones

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PLENARY SESSIONS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018

AGAINST US IMPERIALISM: PAN-AFRICANISM AND BLACK INTERNATIONALISM, 1900-2016

GERALD HORNE

Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston

ROSE BREWER

The Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor and past chairperson of the Department of African American & African Studies, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota-

MINKAH MAKAKANI

CHARISSE BURDEN-STELLY

Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin

Assistant Professor and Mellon Faculty Fellow of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College

SUNDIATA CHA-JUA

Associate Professor in the Department of History and African American Studies University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018

AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE GREAT WAR

ADRIANE LENTZ-SMITH

DAVID LEVERING LEWIS

Associate Professor of History at Duke University

Julius Silver University Professor, and the Professor of History at New York University, Pulitzer Prize and National Humanities Medal Winner

SAJE MATHIEU Associate Professor of History at the University of Minnesota

JEFFREY T. SAMMONS Professor of History at New York University

CHAD WILLIAMS Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University

BUS TOUR INFORMATION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018 / 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018 / 7:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Pre-Conference African American Heritage Bus Tour “Smithsonian on the Landscape” Taking a cue from the Smithsonian, this tour will highlight the black settlements and mixed-race communities that are featured in the National Museum of African American History and Culture’s “The Power of Place Exhibit”.

African American Heritage Bus Tour “Heroes, History and Heritage” An American Revolutionary, Civil War Heroes and a King who changed the world...learn about these individuals, the preserved structures in their honor and much more as part of the Indianapolis African American Heritage Tour.

Visit: • Fountain City’s new interpretive center and the adjoining Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site • Union Literary Institute near Spartanburg

See sights that share the early history of African Americans in Indianapolis as you drive to these step off locations: • Indiana War Memorial and Museum • Kennedy- King Park Landmark for Peace Memorial - National Commemorative Site • Crispus Attucks Museum

Travel just across the Ohio border to visit: • The James and Sophia Clemens Farmstead • The Bass Cemetery • Bethel Long Wesleyan Church

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For additional information, visit asalh.org/bustours

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FULL CONFERENCE PACKAGE INCLUDES all panel sessions and plenary sessions, film festival, access to exhibit area, and 1 ticket to each of the following events: Bus Tour (Wednesday or Thursday), Opening Reception, ALL ASALH Luncheons, JAAH Reception, Friday Night Reception, ASALH Banquet, and the Ecumenical Breakfast.

FULL CONFERENCE PACKAGES

EARLY BIRD Payment received by August 20, 2018

PRE-REGISTRATION Payment received by Aug. 21 – Sept. 12, 2018

ON-SITE REGISTRATION Payment received by Sept.

13- Oct. 7, 2018

MEMBER With Wednesday or Thursday Bus Tour.

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NOTE: Individual General, Senior, and Student Registrations do not include tours or meals.

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The Salute to Veterans Luncheon – Thursday

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Journal of African American History Reception: A Retirement Celebration for Editor V.P. Franklin – Thursday

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Friday Night Out

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ABWH/ASALH Joint Luncheon – Saturday

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ASALH Banquet – Saturday

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Ecumenical Breakfast – Sunday

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Woodson Luncheon – Friday

INDIVIDUAL BUS TOURS À LA CARTE PRICES

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Thursday Bus Tour

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