You could not be signed in, please check and try again. The family eventually purchased land and eked out a meager living in the late 1870s and 1880s.... You do not currently have access to this article, Access to the full content requires a subscription. His parents were both illiterate and his father, who had helped the Union soldiers during the Civil War, supported the family as a carpenter and farmer. Wie aus Carter G. Woodsons Titeln unten im Verzeichnis seiner Schriften hervorgeht, hat er sich vielseitig für die Afroamerikaner engagiert. Printed from American National Biography. Carter G. Woodson was born in New Canton, Virginia on December 19, 1875, the son of former slaves, Anne Eliza (Riddle) and James Henry Woodson.

His grandfather and father, who were skilled carpenters, were forced into sharecropping after the Civil War. Woodson, the “Father of Negro History,” was the first and only black American born of former slaves to earn a Ph.D. in history. Woodson, Carter Godwin (19 December 1875–03 April 1950), historian, was born in New Canton, Virginia, the son of James Henry Woodson, a sharecropper, and Anne Eliza Riddle. Woodson, the “Father of Negro History,” was the first and only black American born of former slaves to earn a Ph.D. in history. Die oben erwähnte Gründung der Association for the Study of African American Life and History anno 1915 ist lediglich eine Aktivität des „Vaters der Schwarzen Geschichte“. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a single article for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice). Carter G. Woodson Book Awards Authors are recognized at the NCSS Annual Conference, which is attended by over 4,000 K-12 and university level educators and other social studies professionals who enjoy interacting with the Woodson Award-winning authors and will be interested in obtaining copies of books for use with their students.

Carter G. Woodson was one of the country's prominent historians and a prolific writer. Carter G. Woodson (December 19, 1875–April 3, 1950) is known as the father of black history and black studies.

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Woodson, Carter Godwin (19 December 1875–03 April 1950), historian, was born in New Canton, Virginia, the son of James Henry Woodson, a sharecropper, and Anne Eliza Riddle.

From the moment he received the doctorate from Harvard, he initiated a career in publishing. Woodson was often unable to regularly attend primary school so a…

The Woodson family were extremely poor, but proud as both his parents told him that it was the happiest day of their lives when they became free.