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

The origins of Black History Month can be traced back to 1915, when Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a historian and author, founded ...

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

For four decades, the USA has officially celebrated Black History Month, but efforts to honor African American history in ...

More than 225 people gathered at the Union League to celebrate African-American history and culture at The Philadelphia ...

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.

Organizations and communities across the nation are celebrating Black History Month, not just to celebrate Black history, to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The roots of Black History Month are credited with growing from Chicago’s Black History Weeks – thanks to the efforts of Carter G. Woodson- in the summer of 1915.

It all started with a scholar named Carter G. Woodson, who founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in 1915 to research, preserve, and disseminate ...