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Dr. Carter G. Woodson dedicated his life to educating African Americans about the achievements and contributions of their ancestors. He founded what would become Black History Month.

Trenton ASALH chapter honors supreme educator Carter Woodson

Carter G. Woodson, in full Carter Godwin Woodson, (born December 19, 1875, New Canton, Virginia, U.S.—died April 3, 1950, Washington, D.C.), American historian who first opened the long-neglected field of Black studies to scholars and popularized the field in schools and colleges across the United States. He established, in 1926, what became Black History Month, and he came to be known as the “father of Black history.” Woodson, whose parents were formerly enslaved people, was born into a ...

Chapter 4 of "Wobblies on the waterfront-interracial unionism in progressive-era Philadelphia" by Peter Cole, an excellent text about the American IWW in the early 20th century, and interestingly about some Wobblies' support of World War I.