THE GLOBAL AFRICAN COMMUNITY
A F R I C A N
H I S T O R I A N R E F E R E N C E G U I D E
3rd Edition
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CARTER G. WOODSON (1875-1950)
Published by the Soul School Institute*
Posted by RUNOKO RASHIDI
The "Father of Black History" was born December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia. Young Woodson's family was large and very poor. He could attend school only sporadically because his family needed him to help out on the farm. Carter G. Woodson would not let anything deter him from learning. Even when he was not able to attend school he taught himself. In fact, much of his learning was self-taught.
Woodson worked as a coal miner in Kentucky to pay his college tuition. After graduating from Berea College in Kentucky, he would later attend the University of Chicago where he earned his B.A. in 1907. He then earned his Master's degree at the University of Chicago in 1908. He went on to Harvard University where he otbained his Ph.D. in 1912.
In 1915, Dr. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Dr. Woodson wanted to help Black historians to research and find the truth about Black people in Africa and America. He would also publish the Journal of Negro History. In February,1926, Dr. Woodson launched "Negro History Week" as a national celebration of African heritage. He intended that whites as well as Blacks would be aware of the African links with African-American cultures and societies established in the West.
BIBLIOGRAPHY - CARTER G. WOODSON
1. The Negro in Our History
2. The Miseducation of the Negro
3. The History of the Negro Church
4. Negro Makers of History
5. Early Negro Education in West Virginia
6. Free Negro Owners of Slaves in the United States in 1830, together with Absentee Ownership of Slaves in the United States in 1830.
7. A Century of Negro Migration (The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History)
8. The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War (Association for the Study of Negro Life and History)
9. The Mind of the Negro as Reflected in Letters Written During the Crisis 1800-1860 (Association for the Study of Negro Life and History)
*The Soul School Institute
P.O. Box 1872
Baltimore, MD 21203-1872
See Also: DR. CARTER GODWIN WOODSON AND THE OBSERVANCE OF AFRICAN HISTORY
Posted/Revised: May 03, 2002.
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