Woodson led and orchestrated a movement to document Black history, dictating dozens of books, letters, speeches, articles and essays promoting Black people and their place in American history.

Thanks to his employment of the Black press and impressive public relations methods, the pioneering educator built a Black History Month movement for us to celebrate today. During his era, Carter G.

Woodson, she told him. Woodson is the man behind Negro history week, which ultimately became Black History Month. She said Brett should be proud of this fact, he should even brag about it.

But without historian Carter G. Woodson, who devoted much of his life to shining a light on Black history, the celebration ...

And while Black History celebrations have been held for decades, some people may not realize how this month-long celebration began. It all started with a scholar named Carter G. Woodson ...

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 ...

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. It's Black History Month. And the man who ...

That has long proved a challenge to historians of the Black experience. Carter G. Woodson worked to change that. Best known as the Father of Black History Month for having created the predecessor ...

Woodson wrote in his landmark 1933 book, “The Mis-Education of the Negro.” That house, where scholars and intellectuals gathered, debated and mobilized in uplifting and retelling the ...

Decades later, and nearly 20 years after his death, his family finally received the recognition that was denied many Black service members. Woodson’s 95-year-old widow, Joann, was presented ...

ROCKFORD -- Black History Month is a time to pay tribute to the contributions of African Americans who have helped shape the nation. You can't celebrate Black History Month, without knowing how it ...