Our columnist talks with one of Black History Month’s modern-day keepers about the work it takes to remember the past – and ...
Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is remembered as the “Father of Black History.” Read about his education, books, idea ...
We all have identities. Some can easily be seen while others can’t. Being both Black and Jewish is how I identify, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
This undated photo provided by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) shows historian and author Carter G. Woodson. (ASALH via AP)Association for the Study of ...
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 ...