Happy Black History Month! In 1926, Carter G. Woodson (b.1875-d.1950) started "Negro History Week" which laid the foundation for Black History Month. He also founded @ASALH and the @JAAHistory. Give them a follow to support and continue his legacy!
#BHM #BlackHistoryMonth2020
#BHM #BlackHistoryMonth2020
A bit more about Carter G. Woodson:
He was born to formerly enslaved parents. He couldn't begin a consistent formal education until he was almost 20. Yet in 1912 he became the second African American (after W.E.B. Du Bois) to graduate Harvard with a PhD.
asalh.org/about-us/our-h…
He was born to formerly enslaved parents. He couldn't begin a consistent formal education until he was almost 20. Yet in 1912 he became the second African American (after W.E.B. Du Bois) to graduate Harvard with a PhD.
asalh.org/about-us/our-h…
Carter G. Woodson published his best-known book, "The Miseducation of the Negro" in 1933. In it he locates the problem of "miseducation" as one that emboldens the oppressor and indoctrinates the oppressed with a sense of inferiority.
Carter G. Woodson has often been called the "Father of Black History." He recognized the importance not just of general history, but of history told from the perspective of those viewed as negligible or peripheral by the powers-that-be. This should be the focus of #BHM.
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