 | ||||
In 1895, at the age of 20, Woodson entered Douglass High School where he received his diploma in less than two years. From 1897 to 1900, he began teaching in Fayette County, and he later became the principal of his own alma mater. Woodson finally received his bachelor's degree from Berea College in Kentucky. From 1903 to 1907 he was a school supervisor in the Philippines. He then attended the University of Chicago where he received his master's in 1908, and in 1912, he received his Ph.D. in history from Harvard University.
In 1915, Woodson and Jesse E. Moorland co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). The organization was the platform that launched Woodson's mission to raise awareness and recognize the importance of Black history. He believed that publishing scientific history about the black race would produce facts that would prove to the world that Africa and its people had played a crucial role in the development of civilization. Thus he established a scholarly journal, The Journal of Negro History, a year after he formed the ASNLH.
Seeing the need to spread the news about Black history to the general public as well as scholars, Woodson and the ASNLH pioneered the celebration of "Negro History Week" in 1926, which has since been extended to the entire month of February. Even with the monumental duties connected with the association, Woodson still found time to write extensive and scholarly works such as “The History of the Negro Church” (1922), “The Mis-Education of the Negro” (1933) and many other books that continue to have wide readership today. Woodson's other far-reaching activities included the organization in 1920 of the Associated Publishers, the oldest African American publishing company in the United States.
Woodson is buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Suitland-Silver Hill, Md. His Washington, D.C., home has been preserved as the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site.
| ||||
| ||||
Advertisement
| ||||
Site last updated: 2/6/2008
| ||||
Local ADvertising Links
Former JAGC Officer; Senior Defense Counsel, Legal Assistance Officer; Former Associate Family Court Judge, Associate Municipal Court Judge and Criminal Law Magistrate. Currently, Advanced Family Law Mediator
Pastor Albert J. Mays, Jr. invites you to Word of Life Ministries. Youth ministry, Charity Outreach, Fine Arts, Drama and more!. Come fellowship “Where There Is Life In The Word”
For over 25 years The Black El Paso Democrats have provided a better response to public needs. Find out why the BEPD is Paso’s Premier Democratic Organization
| ||||
Site Map
It's About Life!!~It's About Us!!
The views provided on the publisher's blog are not necessarily the opinions shared by the editorial staff,
advertisers or affliliates.
We invite you to check out Black El Paso Online TV
Black El Paso Online Radio
Each Tuesday, bringing news & information
Now on BEP Talk Radio
Politics: Should Pastors encourage their congregants to vote
DIASPORA
Articles written and posted on this site are not necessarily the views of the Publisher, Advertisers or Affiliates
Coming June 2008
List Your Business in the El Paso Black Pages
Part of the proceeds benefit the McCall Neighborhood Center
Newest Listings
in the Black Pages
Coming Soon:
| ||||
Advertisement
Black El Paso News is updated twice weekly.
Print advertising information is available. For a media kit or other information please call.
Available listings:
Run of site links
Run of section links
Business card
Button (100x100)
Streaming audio
Streaming video
Available on
Black El Paso TV
Black El Paso Talk Radio
Black History :: Carter G. Woodson and the
Origins of Multiculturalism
New members on the boards
Latest Posts:
Carter G. Woodson
(Dec. 19, 1875 – April 3, 1950)
Carter G. Woodson was the son of former slaves James and Eliza Riddle Woodson. His father had helped the Union soldiers during the Civil War, and afterwards he moved his family to West Virginia where a high school for blacks was being built. Coming from a large, poor family, Carter could not regularly attend school, but through self-instruction he was able to master the fundamentals of common school subjects by the time he was 17.
