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Carter G. Woodson - Wikipedia
22 Mar 2025 at 3:56pm
Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 ? April 3, 1950) [1] was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history.

Carter G. Woodson | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica
17 Mar 2025 at 1:14am
Carter G. Woodson (born December 19, 1875, New Canton, Virginia, U.S.?died April 3, 1950, Washington, D.C.) was an American historian who first opened the long-neglected field of Black studies to scholars and popularized the field in schools and colleges across the United States.

Carter G. Woodson: Biography, Historian, Father of Black History
21 Mar 2025 at 1:31am
Known as the ?Father of Black History,? Carter G. Woodson dedicated his career to the field of African American history and lobbied extensively to establish Black History Month as a...

Carter G. Woodson - NAACP
20 Mar 2025 at 6:58pm
Carter G. Woodson was a scholar whose dedication to celebrating the historic contributions of Black people led to the establishment of Black History Month, marked every February since 1976.

Carter G. Woodson Timeline | ASALH - The Founders of Black History Month
21 Mar 2025 at 12:08pm
Known as the ?Father of Black History,? Woodson (1875-1950) was the son of former slaves and understood the importance of gaining a proper education when striving to secure and maximize one?s divine right of freedom.

Carter G. Woodson: The Man Behind Black History Month
19 Mar 2025 at 8:07am
Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) dedicated his life to educating African Americans about the achievements and contributions of their ancestors. He founded what would become Black History Month.

Carter G. Woodson (1875?1950) - Encyclopedia Virginia
18 Mar 2025 at 8:16am
Now known as the ?Father of Black History? because of his efforts to promote African American history, Woodson wrote pioneering social histories chronicling the lives of Black people at a time when mainstream white scholars denied that African Americans were worthy of historical study.

Carter G. Woodson (U.S. National Park Service)
20 Mar 2025 at 6:04am
On July 20, 1919, during the "Red Summer"?a period of intense racial violence against African Americans?as Woodson walked home along Pennsylvania Avenue, he witnessed a White mob bind and murder a Black man on the street. Woodson was able to avoid the mob, but felt he narrowly avoided his own death.

Carter G. Woodson - Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site (U.S ...
22 Mar 2025 at 6:31am
Dr. Carter G. Woodson was an American historian who first opened the long-neglected field of African and African American History to scholars and popularized the field in schools and colleges across the United States. In 1912, he earned his PhD in history from Harvard University, becoming the second African American to do so.

Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) | BlackPast.org
20 Mar 2025 at 4:24am
Woodson, a member of Sigma Pi Phi fraternity,, died suddenly from a heart attack in his ?office home? on April 3, 1950. Woodson was 74 at the time of his death. He never married and had no children. Deservingly dubbed ?The Father of Black History,? he was, simply put, a black history institution builder.



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