Woodson, Carter Godwin
1875-1950 · Contribution: 1915-1950
Education
Founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and created Negro History Week in 1926, the direct forerunner of Black History Month; second African American to earn a PhD from Harvard
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Woodson built the scholarly infrastructure of African American history and created the annual observance that put Black history into classrooms and public life across the nation.
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