Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19, 1875, in New Canton, Virginia, to Anna Eliza Riddle Woodson and James Woodson. The fourth of seven children, Carter worked as a sharecropper and a ...

The Threat to Black History and Its Founding Father | Opinion. Published Feb 02, 2024 at 10:25 AM EST Updated Feb 06, ... and journalist Carter Godwin Woodson (1875 - 1950), in 1895.

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 ...

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 ...

Carter G. Woodson wasn't able to go to school until the age of 20. Born in 1875, his parents were former slaves and he spent the early years of life helping out on his family's farm to make ends meet.

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 ...

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, ...

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.

Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, a sharecropper and the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate Virginia parents, was a self-made man.He taught himself enough to start high school at the age of 20 and ...

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