Thank You Carter
Today in history on February 7, 1926:
Carter G. Woodson creates Negro History Week. In 1976 it became Black History Month.
Who was Dr. Carter G. Woodson?
- Launched Negro History Week in 1926, chosen in the second week of February between the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, which evolved into Black History Month in 1976
- Known for writing the contributions of black Americans into the national spotlight, received a Ph.D at Harvard University
- Founded the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in 1915, founded the Journal of Negro History in 1916
- Author of the book, "The Miseducation of the Negro", published in 1933
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