1875–1950 Who Was Carter G. Woodson? K nown as the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson dedicated his career to the field of African American history and lobbied extensively to ...

Carter G. Woodson’s classic “The Mis-Education of the Negro” still resonates in today’s charged political debates over how Black history is taught in schools.

As Burnis Morris demonstrates in Carter G. Woodson: History, the Black Press, and Public Relations (2017), the large circulation of Black newspapers like The Chicago Defender and The Philadelphia ...

Carter G. Woodson birthday celebration at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 14, 2024. (AFRO Photos / J.Pamela Stills) Michael Bowie, Musical Director of the Blues Alley ...

Carter G. Woodson, known as the father of black history, was born to former slaves in Virginia’s geographic center of Buckingham County in 1875, during the difficult Reconstruction era.

Black History Month started as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. Today, his great great grand nephew, Brett, is a college student at UC Santa Cruz, and he's learning what it means ...

In 2025, the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library marks a significant milestone: its 50th anniversary. The library has been a cornerstone of culture.

The origins of Black History Month can be traced back nearly a hundred years to an unassuming, three-story brick rowhouse in Washington. In 1922, Carter G. Woodson, known as “the father of Black ...

On Friday, Oct. 4, the Hopewell Police Department, Hopewell Animal Control Services and students from Carter G. Woodson Middle School were all involved in the rescue of a small dog found on a log ...

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at ...

ABILENE, Texas — The Carter G. Woodson Historical Site is currently not operational, but it may be undergoing renovations to get up and running again. "So it has a long deep history but also the ...