Grand Rapids residents will join communities across the country in marking the John Lewis Day of Action, a national day of peaceful demonstration inspired by the ...

In 2025, the Carter G. Woodson Regional Library marks a significant milestone: its 50th anniversary. The library has been a cornerstone of culture.

“If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.” — Carter G. Woodson ...

The answer is right here in Central Virginia. Carter G. Woodson, who Encylopedia Virginia describes as the “Father of Black History,” was born on Dec. 19, 1875 in Buckingham County.

Noteworthy spots along the trail include the Scotch Hills Country Club (renamed Shady Rest), the first Black-owned golf and ...

A discovered connection to Carter G. Woodson, pioneer of Black history, made the author's relationship to Judaism all the stronger.

Who created Black History Month? Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, a sharecropper and the son of formerly enslaved and illiterate Virginia parents, was a self-made man.

Carter Woodson was a tireless promoter of Black culture who planted seeds for what became Black History Month a century ago at a South Side YMCA.

Ida B. Wells was a brave journalist and social reformer who helped create the National Association for the Advancement of ...

And I sometimes wonder what Woodson would think about the commercialization of the celebration today. For some Black History Month is just one long game of Trivial Pursuit or a chance to sell ...