Known as the "Father of Black History," Carter G. Woodson holds an outstanding position in early 20th century American history. Woodson authored numerous scholarly books on the positive contributions of Blacks to the development of America. He also published many magazine articles analyzing the contributions and role of Black Americans. He reached out to schools and the general public through the establishment of several key organizations and founded ***** History Week (precursor to Black History Month). His message was that Blacks should be proud of their heritage and that other Americans should also understand it.
During his lifetime, Dr. Woodson developed an important philosophy of history. History, he insisted, was not the mere gathering of facts. The object of historical study is to arrive at a reasonable interpretation of the facts. History is more than political and military records of peoples and nations. It must include some description of the social conditions of the period being studied.
Woodson's work endures in the institutions and activities he founded and promoted. In 1915, he and several friends in Chicago established the Association for the Study of ***** Life and History. The following year, the Journal of ***** History appeared, one of the oldest learned journals in the United States. In 1926, he developed ***** History Week and in 1937 published the first issue of the ***** History Bulletin.
Dr. Woodson often said that he hoped the time would come when ***** History Week would be unnecessary; when all Americans would willingly recognize the contributions of Black Americans as a legitimate and integral part of the history of this country. Dr. Woodson's outstanding historical research influenced others to carry on his work. Among these have been such noted historians as John Hope Franklin, Charles Wesley, and Benjamin Quarles. Whether it's called Black history, ***** history, Afro-American history, or African American history, his philosophy has made the study of Black history a legitimate and acceptable area of intellectual inquiry. Dr. Woodson's concept has given a profound sense of dignity to all Black Americans.
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2007-02-15 16:27:00
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2015-08-06 05:28:06
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Carter G. Woodson was an historian, educator, and author. His greatest accomplishment was that he started ***** History Week in 1926, which later became known as Black history Month in 1976. Also, he started the Association for the Study of ***** Life and History in 1915, and started the Journal Of ***** History in 1916. In addition, he established the Associated Publishers in 1920 after which he publishes many books about African Americans such as The Miseducation of the ***** in 1933.
2007-02-15 17:01:08
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According to the US Dept of State website (URL below for full article):
One of the most inspiring and instructive stories in black history is the story of how Carter G. Woodson, the father of black history, saved himself for the history he saved and transformed.
The skeletal facts of his personal struggle for light and of his rise from the coal mines of West Virginia to the summit of academic achievement are eloquent in and of themselves and can be briefly stated.
At 17, the young man who was called by history to reveal black history was an untutored coal miner. At 19, after teaching himself the fundamentals of English and arithmetic, he entered high (secondary) school and mastered the four-year curriculum in less than two years.
At 22, after two-thirds of a year at Berea College in West Virginia, he returned to the coal mines and studied Latin and Greek between trips to the mine shafts. He then went on to the University of Chicago, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees, and Harvard University, where he became the second black to receive a doctorate in history.
2007-02-15 16:26:44
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