Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950

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Dates:
Birth 1875-12-19
Death 1950-04-03
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Carter Godwin Woodson, educator and historian, was considered the Father of Black History. He was born December 19, 1875, New Canton, Virginia. He was an African-American historian, author, and journalist who, in 1915, founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. In 1926 he pioneered the concept of a "Negro History Week," which was later expanded into Black History Month. Woodson died at his home in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., on April 3, 1950.

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Subjects:

  • Slavery
  • African American historians
  • African American History Month
  • African American periodicals
  • African American publishers
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Black race
  • Blacks
  • Blacks
  • Blacks
  • Blacks
  • Blacks
  • Customs administration
  • Dwellings
  • Ports of entry
  • Race discrimination
  • Race relations
  • Railroads
  • Real estate business
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • State governments
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Blacks
  • Blacks
  • Blacks
  • Blacks

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  • Authors
  • Collector
  • Historians

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  • Southern States (as recorded)
  • United States history (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Africa (as recorded)
  • Huntington (W. Va.) (as recorded)
  • West Virginia--Huntington (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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