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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Dr. Woodson’s house, the birthplace of the annual month, was a hub of scholarship, bringing together generations of intellectuals, writers and activists.
Black History Month, which has Chicago roots, has faced resistance from the start ...
It's been almost 50 years since the Carter G. Woodson home was designated a historic landmark. It's still under construction. (Petula Dvorak/TWP) ...
The white and Black descendents of Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History and founder of Black History Month, come together to heal their past.
Felicia Lawrence takes an in-depth look at Dr. Carter G. Woodson's lifetime of work and love of history, his culture, and Black people's progress in this country.
Woodson High School’s signs pay tribute to Carter G. Woodson, a Virginia native credited with being the “father of African American history.” ...
Carter G. Woodson, who started the precursor to Black History Month, wrote of Cincinnati’s Black history before the Civil War for a scholarly journal.