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

Noted Black scholar and historian Carter G. Woodson, known as the Father of Black History, was born in 1875 to ...

Who Was Carter G. Woodson? Known as the “Father of Black ... Carter worked for the U.S. government as an education superintendent in the Philippines. He undertook more travels before returning ...

He chose February because the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and abolitionist Frederick Douglass were celebrated this month. Lincoln’s birthday was Feb. 12, and Douglass, born a slave, didn’t ...

Did you know the man that is responsible for the creation of Black History Month once worked and lived near the New River ...

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 ...

Black History Month wasn't always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration that was an effort to ...

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