Black History Month invites an expansion of our understanding of the people and events that shaped our country. This week we share a few interesting pieces that, we hope, will encourage a new understanding of the past.

CONTEMPLATING BLACK HISTORY

Newark Students Raise Black Liberation Flag at History Month Event | Patch Newark NJ

How an 1800s surgeon experimenting on enslaved Black women affects the anti-abortion movement | CNN

| The New Yorker

| The Conversation

Meet The Arlington Author Raking In Awards For Her Children’s Novel That Explores ‘Hard History’ | DCist

The Story of Mercy-Douglass Hospital | PBS

RESOURCES FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND LOCAL HISTORY

AASLH Learning: Interpreting African American History And Culture Resource Kit

The murder of George Floyd and the wave of protests against racial injustice in the summer of 2020 sparked a national conversation about confronting and dismantling systemic racism in America. As the nation reckons with its inequitable structures of power and privilege, it is imperative to understand the historical roots of these current issues to promote healing and reconciliation.

Advocacy & Leadership

AASLH's Advocacy and Leadership Initiatives As a professional association for history practitioners and institutions throughout the country, AASLH takes on a major role providing leadership and advocacy for the history field.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Temporary Project Manager Position for Black Heritage Trail

Temporary Project Manager - Black Heritage Trail New Jersey Historical Commission Compensation: $30-$35 per hour 25 hours - 35 hours per week Partial telework - (Office located in Trenton) Overview: Under the direction of the director, initiate the development of guidelines for nominating, reviewing, and approving sites to be included on the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Black History Month Virtual Festival

Black History Month Virtual FestivalASALH will hold innovative virtual programming in the month of February celebrating the 2023 Black History Theme: Black Resistance This year's festival will celeb...

A Drop-In Event:

The 43rd Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series

Eventbrite - Clement A. Price Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience presents The 43rd Marion Thompson Wright Lecture Series - Saturday, February 18, 2023 at The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ. Find event and ticket information.

AASLH Learning: Virtual Workshop: Interpreting Slavery with Children and Teens (April 2023)

When a museum or historic site commits to doing school programs on the topic of enslavement, it makes a promise to past and future generations to do justice to the memory of long-silenced millions and raise awareness of the racist legacies of slavery in our society today.

For more articles, guides and other materials, visit the Sankofa Collaborative's Program Archives and Resources page.

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The Sankofa Collaborative helps people learn about, understand, and discuss African American history in schools, museums, libraries, civic groups, and other settings.

The Collaborative is the work of five New Jersey organizations - 1804 Consultants, Grounds For Sculpture, The New Jersey Historical Society, Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, and the William Trent House Museum. Our programs and website are made possible through generous grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and the New Jersey Historical Commission.

Sankofa, a word from the Twi language of Ghana, translates to "go back and get it." It is often depicted by a bird with its body facing forward and its head turned back, holding a precious egg. This and other Sankofa symbols remind us of the importance of learning from the past.

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