The historian promoted Negro History Week as part of efforts to embed Black studies into the American education system.

The Association for the Study of African American Life and History has named the theme for this Black History Month.

Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is remembered as the “Father of Black History.” Read about his education, books, idea ...

Here in Black History Month, the meaning of my identity resonates even more deeply after my mother told me we are descendants of the man who founded this great holiday: Carter G. Woodson.

Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at the Colored YMCA, as it was designated, while manning a booth at the Exposition of Fifty Years of ...

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 ...