As a child, Carter G. Woodson, the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate parents, endured the backbreaking labor of a ...

Schools, museums and communities across the nation are marking Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture ...

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 ...

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

Black History Month started as "Negro History Week" in February 1926 as a way to chronicle the accomplishments of African ...

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 ...

Known as “the Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson was a scholar, author, educator and journalist who dedicated his life to documenting and promoting stories of the African American experience.

Black History Month wasn’t always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

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

In the early 20th century, historian Carter G. Woodson chafed at the world’s silence on Black achievement. In a racist society that mischaracterized Black people and overlooked their ...

As a child, Carter G. Woodson, the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate parents, endured the backbreaking labor of a ...