Did you know the man that is responsible for the creation of Black History Month once worked and lived near the New River Gorge? Carter G. Woodson was born in 1875 in Virginia to parents who were ...

“When he heard that Carter G. Woodson could read, he hired him to read to Black miners in exchange for ice cream,” said Catherine Moore, who has researched the role of minority groups in West Virginia ...

In the early 20th century, historian Carter G ... not read, Woodson had struggled to obtain an education. Born in Virginia, he labored on a family farm and in West Virginia coal mines throughout ...

Carter G. Woodson ... reading and other subjects. Woodson spent his teen years working on the family farm and in the coal mines of West Virginia. By 20 he had saved enough to enroll in ...