Carter G. Woodson

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Carter G. Woodson was an American historian, educator, and author known as the "Father of Black History" for founding Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month.

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Carter G. Woodson canonical 2
Carter Godwin Woodson 1

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instanceOf African-American historian
author
educator
historian
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Literature
Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Arts
birthDate 1875-12-19
birthPlace Buckingham County, Virginia, United States
New Canton, Virginia, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1950-04-03
doctoralDegreeFrom Harvard University
doctoralThesisTopic history of education of African Americans in the United States
educatedAt Berea College
Harvard University
University of Chicago
employer Howard University
West Virginia Collegiate Institute
ethnicGroup African Americans
linked to: Black Americans
familyName Woodson
fieldOfWork African-American history
education
historiography
history
founded Associated Publishers
Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
Journal of Negro History
fullName Carter Godwin Woodson
linked to: Carter G. Woodson
givenName Carter
hasHonor Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
schools named after Carter G. Woodson in the United States
influenced African-American studies as an academic field
development of Black History Month in the United States
knownFor founding Negro History Week
founding the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
influencing the creation of Black History Month
promoting the study of African-American history
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement African-American civil rights movement
nickname Father of Black History
notableAchievement second African American to earn a PhD in history from Harvard University
notableWork A Century of Negro Migration
The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861
The Mis-Education of the Negro
The Negro in Our History
occupation author
editor
historian
school principal
teacher
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Dean at West Virginia Collegiate Institute
Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University
religion Baptist
residence Washington, D.C., United States
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Berea College hasAlumni Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson fullName Carter Godwin Woodson
linked to: Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson Book Award namedAfter Carter G. Woodson