It wasn't until the 1970s when Black college students and professors at Kent State University in Ohio pushed to expand Negro History Week to a month Dr. Carter G. Woodson was born the son of ...

Carter G. Woodson, known to many as the “Father of Black History” came up with the concept of “Negro History Week” in 1926, intended to “both create and popularize the knowledge about ...

Carter G. Woodson is the reason we celebrate Black history this month, and every February. Not many people know him, but he was a scholar, a journalist, and an activist who decided in the early ...

Historian and author Carter G. Woodson is considered the "father of Black history." He created Negro History Week in 1926, which developed into Black History Month in 1976.

The recognition of Black history began when scholar Carter G. Woodson started Negro History week in February 1926.

Black History Month wasn't always a monthlong celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week.

The origins of the month Black History Month wasn't always a month-long celebration. In February 1926, historian and author Carter G. Woodson created Negro History Week.