Join ASALH In Celebrating The   87th Annual Black History Month Luncheon & Featured Authors' Event  Theme: At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington Saturday, Feb 23, 2013 10:00am - 3:30pm Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel 2660 Woodley Road N.W. Washington, DC 20008 www.asalh.net

Mission

The mission of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) is to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.

 

About ASALH

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.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr wrote:

 

“You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse to do it because you want to live longer…. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab you, or shoot at you or bomb your house; so you refuse to take the stand.

Well, you may go on and live until you are 90, but you’re just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90. And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.” 

 

 

AFROCENTRICITY IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH

AFROCENTRICITY IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH

I AM AN AFRICAN QUEEN.

I AM BIRTHED FROM THE WATERS OF THE RIVER NILE.

I AM THE MOTHER OF THE AFRICAN ANCESTORS, WHO CREATED CHEMISTRY, MEDICINE, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE AND THE MYSTERY SYSTEMS OF THE WORLD, JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OUR ANCESTORS HAVE BESTOWED ON THE WORLD.

I WILL NOT BE DEHUMANIZED, DISENFRANCHISED,  NOR DISRESPECTED.

I AM THE MOTHER OF WORLD AND HUMAN CIVILIZATION THAT WILL FOREVER DEMAND TO BE PLACED ON MY ROYAL AFRICAN PEDESTAL.

I AM AN AFRICAN QUEEN.

BABA RUNOKO RASHIDI'S AFRICAN RIVERS

Baba Rashidi is a Pan African Scholar, Historian, Research Specialist, Author, World Traveler, and Public Lecturer that focuses on the African presence globally and the African foundations of world civilizations.

"History is a light that illuminates the past, and a key that unlocks the door to the future."

--Runoko Rashidi

RIVER NIGER 1

RIVER NIGER 2

RIVER NIGER 3

RIVER NILE

THE LIMPOPO RIVER IN SOUTH AFRICA

ZAMBEZI RIVER IN ZIMBABWE

 ZAMBEZI RIVER IN ZIMBABWE 2

 

HOW TO BECOME A NEW AFRIKAN

Revised

1. Know your story (Maafa, Sankofa)

2. Love Afrika, we are Afrikans

 
3. Take your education serious

4. Stop calling Black folks "niggers" and stop calling Black women "bitches"

5. Promote self respect and social grace

6. Decorate your living space with Afrikan art 

7. Reflect Afrikan culture in your appearance 

8. Do not practice or support immoral sex (i.e. lesbianism, homosexuality, pedophilia) 

9. Get rid of the poverty mentality 

10. Stop using and abusing mood alternative substances (weed, alcohol, drugs) 

11. Distance yourself from negro friends and associates 

12. Support Black businesses and be a quality customer

13. Understand Caucasoids are destroyers of all animal, plant, and human life 

14. Return foreign religions to Caucasoids (Christianity, Islam, Judaism) 

15. Stop being corrupt towards Black people, we have to stop lying and stealing from one another

16. Join or work with a Black proactive non-integrationist organization 

17. Fight against racism and white supremacy/reject European images/concepts

18. Be consistent

19. Once you choose this path, stay on the path

A MOTHER AND HER CHILD

A Mother and her Child is a co-existence that no one can understand. It is a co-existence that begins at the time of conception and continues until her last breath is taken. She holds that Child in her womb, nurturing, loving, and caring for it's life until the day that life makes it's introduction into the world.

From that Earth Day forward, a Mother does her best to continue to nurture, love and care for that Child with all that she has. She prays through the trials and tribulations and awaits the milestones, cherishing all accomplishments and accolades, Giving Thanks to the Creator consistently. 

No Mother is ever prepared to have their Child transition before she does, especially the way that Trayvon Martin's has.

I ask the Creator Divine and the African Ancestors to guide, strengthen, carry, and hold close the Parents, Family, Friends, and Supporters of Trayvon, as we fight to see Justice in his tragic death. 

In the meantime, let us ALL hold our children near and dear to our hearts as we Stand Up for Trayvon Martin!

Chinue X

OATH TO OUR ANCESTORS
By Pastor Ray Hagins


O Ancestors! Blacker than a thousand midnights…
Afrikan Ancestors! It is to YOU that we, your children, give respect and honor.


O Ancestors! We call upon YOU and welcome you in this place…
Afrikan Ancestors! Let your presence fill this place.


O Ancestors! Who have been purposely excluded from the history books, so that the world would not know of your greatness…


Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave civilization to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the arts to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave music to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave the sciences to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave mathematics to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave medicine to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave literature to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave philosophy to the world…
Our Afrikan Ancestors! Who gave God consciousness to the world…


O Ancestors! We thank you for devoting your life to make a future for us, your children, grand children, and great grandchildren.


Now, stand with us; strengthen us; guide us; teach us, and protect us from the snare of our enemies!


Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and let our enemies be scattered! And give us the wisdom and the boldness to deal with our oppressors and those who would hinder the liberation and empowerment of our people.


Rise up, O Afrikan Ancestors, and live in us.


We will not fail to honor you;
We will not fail to respect you;
We will not fail to hear you;
And we will NOT betray you!


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