The Journal of African American History
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  1. 2002-2018 • The Journal of African American History
  2. 1916-2001 • The Journal of Negro History
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JAAH, formerly The Journal of Negro History, founded by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in January 1916, is an official publication of ASALH. Now in its second century, the JAAH has long been the leading scholarly publication on African American life and history, and publishes original scholarly articles and book reviews on all aspects of the African American experience. Recent and forthcoming JAAH special issues and symposia focus on Women and Slavery in the Atlantic World, The Legacy of Malcolm X, and African Americans and Movements for Reparations, Past, Present, and Future. JAAH readers include historians and scholars in the humanities and social sciences, including legal scholars, education researchers, and policy makers working in service of African American life, culture, and history; and the membership of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

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2010s
  1. 2018 (Vol. 103)
    1. No. 4 Special Issue: New Orleans at 300: The African American Experience, 1718–2018 Fall 2018 pp. 491-740
    2. No. 3 Summer 2018 pp. 277-490
    3. No. 1/2 Special Issue: National and International Perspectives on Movements for Reparations Winter/Spring 2018 pp. 1-275
  2. 2017 (Vol. 102)
    1. No. 4 African American Migration and Mobility After the Civil War, 1865–1915 Fall 2017 pp. 421-588
    2. No. 3 The Scholarship and Social and Educational Activism of V. P. Franklin Summer 2017 pp. 289-419
    3. No. 2 Spring 2017 pp. 125-287
    4. No. 1 Rediscovering and Reassessing Frederick Douglass's Novella The Heroic Slave Winter 2017 pp. 1-123
  3. 2016 (Vol. 101)
    1. No. 4 African Americans and Business: Race, Capitalism, and Power Fall 2016 pp. 391-592
    2. No. 3 Faith in Action: Historical Perspectives on the Social and Educational Activism of African American Catholics Summer 2016 pp. 217-388
    3. No. 1-2 Winter-Spring 2016 pp. 1-216
  4. 2015 (Vol. 100)
    1. No. 4 African American Education, Civil Rights, and Black Power Fall 2015 pp. 573-821
    2. No. 3 Gendering the Carceral State: African American Women, History, and the Criminal Justice System Summer 2015 pp. 357-570
    3. No. 2 The Legacy of Malcolm X: Black Nationalism, Internationalism, and Transnationalism Spring 2015 pp. 195-353
    4. No. 1 “Centennial Perspectives, 1915–2015” Winter 2015 pp. 1-198
  5. 2014 (Vol. 99)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2014 pp. 347-516
    2. No. 3 Summer 2014 pp. 173-348
    3. No. 1-2 Special Issue: “Rediscovering the Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” Winter-Spring 2014 pp. 1-172
  6. 2013 (Vol. 98)
    1. No. 4 Book Forum: “Reflections on the Legacy of Malcolm X” Fall 2013 pp. 511-671
    2. No. 3 Symposium: “St. Claire Drake: The Making of a Scholar-Activist” Summer 2013 pp. 363-508
    3. No. 2 Special Issue: “African Americans, Police Brutality, and the U.S. Criminal Justice System: Historical Perspectives” Spring 2013 pp. 197-361
    4. No. 1 Special Issue: “Women, Slavery, and the Atlantic World” Winter 2013 pp. 1-196
  7. 2012 (Vol. 97)
    1. No. 4 Fall 2012 pp. 371-520
    2. No. 3 Summer 2012 pp. 219-369
    3. No. 1–2 Special Issue: “African Americans and Movements for Reparations: Past, Present, and Future” Winter–Spring 2012 pp. 1-217
  8. 2011 (Vol. 96)
    1. No. 4 Special Issue: “African Americans and the History of Sport” Fall 2011 pp. 441-604
    2. No. 3 Summer 2011 pp. 295-439
    3. No. 2 Spring 2011 pp. 147-290
    4. No. 1 Winter 2011 pp. 1-145
  9. 2010 (Vol. 95)
    1. No. 3-4 Summer-Fall 2010 pp. 291-498
    2. No. 2 Spring 2010 pp. 151-299
    3. No. 1 Winter 2010 pp. 1-165
2000s