Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19, 1875, in New Canton, Virginia, to Anna Eliza Riddle Woodson and James Woodson. The fourth of seven children, Carter worked as a sharecropper and a miner ...

Carter G. Woodson started the tradition of celebrating black history. In 1925, Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson, known as the "Father of Black History," had a bold idea. That year, he ...

Thanks to his employment of the Black press and impressive public relations methods, the pioneering educator built a Black History Month movement for us to celebrate today. During his era, Carter G.

For the past 50 years, every February has been honored as Black History Month, an annual observance that recognizes the ...

A school in Virginia once named for a known segregationist will now be renamed for the pioneer of Black History Month, Carter G. Woodson. Initially named W.T. Woodson High School when it was opened in ...

Carter G. Woodson library in Chicago (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) In 2025, the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library marks a significant milestone: its 50th anniversary. Situated at 9525 S.