The Trentonian on MSNOpinion

Carter Woodson’s legacy reminds us of the value of education [L.A. PARKER COLUMN]

Philosophers have long conceded that every man has two educators: that which is given to him, and the other that which he ...
Rolling Out

Carter G. Woodson Library: 50 years of Black legacy

Carter G. Woodson library in Chicago (Photo credit: Eddy "Precise" Lamarre) In 2025, the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library marks a significant milestone: its 50th anniversary. Situated at 9525 S.
Chicago Tribune

A South Side gathering of Black intellectuals set the stage for Black History Month

The seeds of Black History Month were sown more than 100 years ago in the South Side YMCA at 3763 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Carter G. Woodson, a University of Chicago alum, was staying in a room at the ...
WRIC Richmond on MSN

The father of Black History is from Central Virginia

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — February is Black History Month — but where did the concept come from? The answer is right ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

What Black history in pre-Civil War Cincinnati looked like, per a celebrated scholar

Black history doesn’t have nearly the amount of documentation and sources as many other areas of American history. That has long proved a challenge to historians of the Black experience. Carter G.