Who Was Carter G. Woodson? Known as the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson dedicated his career to the field of African American history and lobbied extensively to establish Black ...

Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is considered the "father of Black history." He created Negro History Week in 1926, which developed into Black History Month in 1976.

Starting in the school year 2024–25, W. T. Woodson High School will be officially known as the Carter G. Woodson High School, named in honor of the distinguished Black author, educator and ...

A statue of Carter Godwin Woodson at the Carter Godwin Woodson Memorial Park in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., sculpted by Ray Kaskey. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A remark by Ogidi-born ...

Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a distinguished author, editor, and teacher, dedicated his life to educating Black people about the achievements and contributions of their ancestors.

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.

A colorized portrait depicts American historian, author, and journalist Carter Godwin Woodson (1875 - 1950), in 1895.

Who is the founder of Black History Month? Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, a sharecropper and the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate Virginia parents, was a self-made man.

The eldest child of nine, born to former slave parents, self-taught and schooled amid coalmines rather than books. Under these conditions the Father of Black History, Carter Godwin Woodson arose, ...

In 1922, Carter G. Woodson, known as “the father of Black history,” bought the home at 1538 Ninth Street NW for $8,000. Scurlock Studio Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American ...

Carter G. Woodson, an educator and the author of “The Mis-Education of the Negro,” was named “Father of Black History” after founding the Association for the Study of Negro Life and ...