Our columnist talks with one of Black History Month’s modern-day keepers about the work it takes to remember the past – and ...

The historian promoted Negro History Week as part of efforts to embed Black studies into the American education system.

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 ...

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 ...

Black History Month wasn't always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week. It was a weeklong celebration that was an effort to ...

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 ...

Often called the "Father of Black History," Virginia native and scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History Week in ...

Black History Month, a celebration of Black history, culture and education, kicks off on Feb. 1. Historian and author Carter ...

Schools, museums and communities across the nation are marking Black History Month — a celebration of Black history, culture and education. The history of the month dates back almost a century ...