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.

Carter G. Woodson worked ... had not been idle,” Woodson wrote. “They had secured sufficient guns and ammunition to fire into the mob such a volley that it had to fall back.

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