Carter Godwin Woodson (1875–1950) was an American historian, author, and journalist, known as the “father of Black history.” He pioneered African American historical studies, founding the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) in 1915 and launching Negro History Week (1926,) later Black History Month.
Born in New Canton, Virginia, to formerly enslaved parents, Woodson worked in West Virginia coal mines before earning degrees from Berea College (1903,) the University of Chicago (1908,) and Harvard University (PhD, 1912)—becoming the second African American to earn a doctorate from Harvard after W.E.B. Du Bois.
Woodson’s influential works include The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 (1915,) A Century of Negro Migration (1918,) The History of the Negro Church (1921,) The Negro in Our History (1922,) and The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933,) critiquing racial biases in education. He edited The Journal of Negro History (1916–50,) ensuring Black scholarship reached wider audiences.
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In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.
—Carter Godwin Woodson
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