ASALH: A Century of Black History Commemorations — 2026 Theme

ASALH’s 2026 annual theme marking the centennial of Negro History Week, established by Carter G. Woodson in February 1926. Woodson’s founding argument — that Black history was being systematically excluded from the American record, and that active institutional preservation was the only counter — is the organizing thesis for the centennial year. The ASALH source carries Woodson’s 1926 institutional founding logic as its primary documentary content.