F ebruary is Black History Month, and Google is kicking it off by honoring Carter G. Woodson, frequently touted as the “Father of Black History,” with a Google Doodle.. Carter Godwin Woodson ...

CBS2's Dana Tyler introduces us to the man known as the "Father of Black History Month." Dr. Carter G. Woodson was born in Virginia in 1875 to former slaves.

But without historian Carter G. Woodson, who devoted much of his life to shining a light on Black history, the celebration might not exist. ... Black History Month was established in February 1976.

Woodson is credited with creating Negro History Week, which would years later become Black History Month. Portrait of American historian and educator Carter Godwin Woodson (1875 - 1950), 1910s.

In February 1926, historian Carter G. Woodson came to the Wabash YMCA in Bronzeville to announce the creation of Negro History Week—the forerunner of what would become the nation’s annual ...

K nown 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 ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Carter G. Woodson was a scholar who enjoyed learning and celebrating the history of Black Americans. He didn't want the achievements of African Americans to be missed. So, he ...

You can't celebrate Black History Month, without knowing how it came to be. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a distinguished author, editor, and teacher, dedicated his life to educating Black people about ...

Dr. Carter G. Woodson is known as the father of Black History Month. He wrote many scholarly works about African American history right in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. His home at 1538 ...

Carter G. Woodson’s classic “The Mis-Education of the Negro” still resonates in today’s charged political debates over how Black history is taught in schools.

The origins of Black History Month can be traced back nearly a hundred years to an unassuming, three-story brick rowhouse in Washington. In 1922, Carter G. Woodson, known as “the father of Black ...

Since the 1970s, February is observed as Black History Month in the U.S. to honor the achievements of Black Americans. For the next few weeks, the Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO will ...