On This Day In TCXPI History Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, Historian, Author, Journalist, and the Father Of Black History Week/Month Carter Godwin Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia. Through self-instruction, Dr. Woodson mastered the fundamentals of common school subjects by the age of 17 and graduated from high school at the age of 22. He then earned his Bachelor of Literature degree from Berea College in 1903, his Master of Arts degree from the University of Chicago in 1908, and his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University in 1912. In 1915, Dr. Woodson co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and published his first book, “The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861.” Other books that he authored include “The History of the Negro Church” (1922) and “The Mis-Education of the Negro” (1933). In 1916, Dr. Woodson began publication of “Journal of Negro History” which was renamed “Journal of African American History” in 2002. Dr. Woodson founded the Associated Publishers, the oldest African American publishing company in the United States in 1920. In 1926, Dr. Woodson single-handedly pioneered the celebration of Negro History Week which we now refer to as Black History Month. That same year, he was awarded the NAACP Spingarn Medal. Dr. Woodson died April 3, 1950 and his Washington D.C. home was designated the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site on February 27, 2006. Also, many schools around the country are named in his honor. His biographies, “Carter G. Woodson: The Father of Black History” and “Carter G. Woodson: A Life in Black History,” were published in 1991 and 1993, respectively. Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s name is enshrined in the Ring of Genealogy at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan. Source: The Wright Museum Blog thewright.org/explore/blog/entry/today-in-black-history-12192012 (Accessed on 12/19/2014) For More Daily Black History, visit https://facebook/TCXPIHistory #tcxpi
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 18:36:38 +0000
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