FULL NAME: Carter Godwin Woodson BORN: December 19, 1875 DIED: April 3, 1950 BIRTHPLACE: New Canton, Virginia ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Sagittarius Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19 ...
Known as “the Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson was a scholar, author, educator and journalist who dedicated his life to documenting and promoting stories of the African American experience.
Portrait of American historian and educator Carter Godwin Woodson in the 1910s. Woodson, known to many as the “Father of Black History," chose February to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham ...