Starting in the school year 2024–25, W. T. Woodson High School will be officially known as the Carter G. Woodson High School, named in honor of the distinguished Black author, educator and ...

In 2025, the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library marks a significant milestone: its 50th anniversary. The library has been a cornerstone of culture.

When Woodson Library first opened at 9525 S. Halsted St. on December 19, 1975, the date was probably no coincidence, for it landed exactly 100 years after the birth of the man for whom the library was ...

Beginning as “Negro History Week” in 1926, Black History Month was created by Carter Godwin Woodson, the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University, in part ...

American historian, author, and journalist Carter Godwin Woodson who was dedicated to the celebration of Black history. Photo by Getty Images. By Brennan Nevada Johnson February 4, 2025.

Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, a sharecropper and the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate Virginia parents, was a self-made man.He taught himself enough to start high school at the age of 20 and ...

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who sparked what became Black History Month 110 years ago at a South Side YMCA. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 68°F.

American historian Carter G. Woodson is widely recognized as the founder of Black History Month. Driven by a desire to counter racist stereotypes and illuminate the rich history and accomplishments of ...

Celebrate Dr. Carter G. Woodson's 149th birthday with a special event at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. Learn about his life and legacy.

Woodson High School’s signs pay tribute to Carter G. Woodson, a Virginia native credited with being the “father of African American history.” ...

Ten years after Appomattox, unto two ex-slaves of Virginia was born a ninth child—Carter Godwin Woodson. Doubly handicapped by color and by poverty, he nevertheless had acquired by 1912 a ...