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Branch honored Founder Karen Adamopoulos in 2017, reactivating the branch founded in 2002 by Dorthy Turner Johnson.
ORLANDO—The Association for the Study
of African American Life and History (ASALH),
Dorothy Turner Johnson Branch, will kick off
Black History Month with breakfast on February
1, 2025, at Shiloh Baptist Church. The church is at 604 West Jackson Street, Orlando, Florida, and the event will begin at 9:30 a.m. The 2025 Black History Month theme is African Americans and Labor. It recognizes the significan
Association of
African American Life and History,
(ASALH) is an organization founded
by Dr. Carter G. Woodson in 1915.
The Central Florida Dorothy Turner
Johnson Branch, (DTJ), presented
The Orlando Times newspaper with
its prestigious Carter G. Woodson
Award at its 2nd Annual Black History
Month Kick-Off Breakfast at the
Shiloh Baptist Church, Pastor Derrick
A. Williams. Editor-in-Chief of The
Orlando Times,
The Dorothy Turner
Johnson Branch of the Association for
the Study of African American Life &
History (ASALH) recently launched a new
program. The Authors’ Salon includes a
series of conversations with authors, artists,
historians, and laborers. The events will be
held monthly at the Winter Park Library
and moderated by Dr. Rebekah McCloud,
DTJ ASALH Vice President.
BY DR. REBEKAH MCCLOUD, GUEST
WRITER TO THE TIMES
Photo Cutline: WINTER PARK - The
Dorothy Turner Johnson Branch of the
Association for the Study of African
American Life and History (ASALH)
will host a moderated conversation with
Barbara Chandler. A long-time Central
Florida resident, Chandler spent 10 years
as the manager and cultural arts educator
at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center in
Winter Park, Flo
Kristin Fulwylie received the “ Dr. Carter G. Woodson Award”, at the inaugural Black History Month “Kick-Off” Breakfast, hosted by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). The Central Florida Branch is named for the late Dorothy Turner Johnson (DTJ), a member of the decorated, # 6888 United States Army, Postal Battalion that served overseas during World War I