Carter G. Woodson created Black History Month in February 1926 to encourage opportunities for students to learn, draw attention to African Americans’ achievements and recognize the central role ...

In 2025, the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library marks a significant milestone: its 50th anniversary. The library has been a cornerstone of culture.

In the decade-plus history of All-Juice Teams, no player represented the DNA of this roster more than Hunter. As for Skattebo, he got a lot of votes as a guy evaluators loved to watch.

In 1910, however, Du Bois left the academy for a career in political activism, and it fell to Carter G. Woodson — the second Black American to earn a doctorate in history from Harvard University ...

Its subtitle is a nod to historian Carter G. Woodson’s 1933 book The Mis-Education of the Negro. ... or as though it’s easy to focus on one and forget about the other.

No one has played a greater role in helping all Americans know the black past than Carter G. Woodson, the individual who created Negro History Week in Washington, D.C., in February 1926. Woodson was ...

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at ...

Explore Read all 10 years of the AJC's Black History Month Series. A country that still had former slaves as a living reminder of an institution that was banned just 60 year prior.. In February ...

Born in 1875 in Virginia to formerly enslaved parents who were never taught to read and write, Carter G. Woodson often had to forgo school for farm or mining work to make ends meet, but was encouraged ...

Celebrate Dr. Carter G. Woodson's 149th birthday with a special event at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. Learn about his life and legacy.

P.S. 23 Carter G. Woodson, an elementary school in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, has had laundry facilities for more than a decade, allowing students to wash their clothes during the school day.