On Feb. 7, 1926, Carter G. Woodson -- a historian, scholar and journalist -- established the first Negro History Week.

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

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.

1875–1950 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 ...

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 ...