RICHMOND, Va. — An internal battle has been brewing within the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) over who should publish the association’s journal that was founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson, best known as the father of what has become Black History Month.
The disagreement has become so contentious among members of the 101-year-old association that some academics have taken to social media to disparage the current leadership of the association, calling them “heretics” and “sellouts” over a proposed plan to have the Journal for African American History printed and distributed by the University of Chicago press.
