Dr carter godwin woodson biography of donald
Carter g woodson.
Carter G. Woodson
(1875-1950)
Who Was Carter G. Woodson?
Carter G. Woodson was the second African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard, after W.E.B.
Du Bois.
Dr carter godwin woodson biography of donald
Known as the "Father of Black History," Woodson dedicated his career to the field of African American history and lobbied extensively to establish Black History Month as a nationwide institution. He also wrote many historical works, including the 1933 book The Mis-Education of the Negro.
He died in Washington, D.C., in 1950.
Early Life
Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19, 1875, in New Canton, Virginia, to Anna Eliza Riddle Woodson and James Woodson. The fourth of seven children, young Woodson worked as a sharecropper and a miner to help his family.
He began high school in his late teens and proved to be an excellent student, completing a four-year course of study in less than two years.
Higher Education and Harvard History
After attending Berea College in Kentucky, Woodson worked for the