Dr. Carter G. Woodson was born in Virginia in 1875 to former slaves. He became an accomplished scholar, prolific author and a visionary. He created what we now celebrate as "Negro History Month ...

In February 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week with @ASALH. The event was first celebrated during a week that encompassed the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick ...

- Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a native of Virginia, was the second African American to graduate from Harvard University. He was a historian whose passion drove him to preserve African American history.

Woodson also realized the need for an institution devoted to the research and preservation of Black history, so in 1915 he, alongside William D. Hartgrove, James E. Stamps, George Cleveland Hall ...

Dr. Woodson’s house, the birthplace of the annual month, was a hub of scholarship, bringing together generations of intellectuals, writers and activists. In 1922, Carter G. Woodson, known as ...

Black History Month/ Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson “Why is Black History only acknowledged during the shortest, and one of the coldest, months of the year; in the dead of winter?” – is the ...

Dr. Carter G. Woodson is known as the “Father of Black History” because of his life’s work. In 1915, he co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History which is now known ...

Dr. Carter G. Woodson is known as the father of Black History Month. He wrote many scholarly works about African American history right in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. His home at 1538 ...

It was the vision of Dr. Carter G. Woodson. "And, he transformed how we think about the black past," says Dr. Daryl Scott, Ph.D , a professor of history at Howard University.

The city of Saint Petersburg is poised to buy the Dr. Carter G Woodson African-American museum. This move was announced two weeks ago by Mayor Rick Kriseman and Deputy Mayor Kanika Tomalin during a ...

February is Black History Month, and Google is kicking it off by honoring Carter G. Woodson, frequently touted as the “Father of Black History,” with a Google Doodle. Carter Godwin Woodson was ...