From a second-floor “home office” at 1538 Ninth St. NW, Carter G. Woodson ... of Africans.” Woodson, a stern man who was said to work 18-hour days and rarely smiled in photos, was prolific.

Dr. Carter G. Woodson is "The Father of Black History Month ... Today, it’s known as the Association of African American Life and History - or ASALH. Woodson wanted to not only show images and share ...

American historian and educator Carter G. Woodson, circa 1910s. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Woodson borrowed $400 against his life insurance policy to have the first issue printed. He was ...

A frequent guest was historian Carter G. Woodson, who was born to former slaves in 1875 in Virginia, and once worked in a coal mine before pursuing academics. He went on to graduate from the ...

Black History Month started as Negro History Week in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson. Today, his great great grand nephew, Brett, is a college student at UC Santa Cruz, and he's learning what it means ...

Carter G. Woodson was born in 1875 in Virginia to parents who were slaves. As he grew up, they moved to Huntington to pursue new lives. To earn a living, he worked in the New River Gorge ...

Carter G. Woodson, known as the father of black history, was born to former slaves in Virginia’s geographic center of Buckingham County in 1875, during the difficult Reconstruction era.

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 ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the man behind Black History Month, dedicated his life to teaching and celebrating the contributions of African Americans. That mission isn’t lost ...

The white and Black descendents of Carter G. Woodson, the father of Black History and founder of Black History Month, come together to heal their past. It's Black History Month. And the man who ...