BLACK IN TIME: A Moment In OUR History - Dr. Carter G. Woodson/Black History Month (691 hits)
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
On February 1, 1926, "The Father of Black History" - Scholar, Author, Historian And Educator, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, Initiated What We Know Today As, Black History Month.
Dr. Woodson Worked Diligently, To Make Sure That The Accomplishments Of Black People To America And The World, Were Recoginzed And Not Forgotten.He Chose February, As The Month Of Recognition Of Black Achievement, To Coincide With The Birthdays Of Frederick Douglass And Abraham Lincoln, Two Figures Who Impacted The Lives Of Black Americans.
Prior To The Creation Of Black History Month, Dr. Woodson Had Already Established The Association For The Study Of Negro Life And History (Today Called The Association For The Study Of African American Life And History) In 1915. The ASALH Created Research And Publication Outlets For Black Scholars - Including The Journal Of Negro History And The Negro Bulletin. Although Dr. Woodson Authored Many Scholarly Writings Prior To His Death, His Most Popular And Most Cited Exposition Remains The Miseducation Of The Negro, Published In 1933. He Was Awarded The NAACP's SpingarnMedal, On June 29, 1926.
Born December 19, 1875, In New Canton, VA, The Son Of Former Slaves, Woodson Died April 3, 1950.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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Irma, I was on a radio show, Sunday night, discussing Black History. I told the host I, too, am old enough to remember when it was Black History "Week." I also remember that our Black teachers, who were then, in a newly integrated southern school, were afraid to to talk about Black History, even during that week. My passion for our history began because of Mrs. Blanche Rivers, one of my later teachers, who brought me books from her own home library, to read.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 at 11:12AM
Hugh Gaddy
Brother Gaddy, God rest Ms. River's soul for planting the seed for your flourishing love of Black history and your blog today is an awesome choice to start off Black History Month.
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 at 1:45PM
Jen Fad
Kepp up the good work my brother!
Tuesday, February 1st 2011 at 4:43PM
Siebra Muhammad
tHANKS GADDY, because "I" have always made sure that my children and my grandchildren get for birthdays and "just becauses" days, books about our true history...
but, working on the polls each election we are given pens with the election dates on them...I have my 2008 pen in my African room and had at first no idea how to leave this historical memento in my will...I have now decided to leave it to the AME ZION church in my home town...
I so wish Icould leave it to my school I graduated from, but it was blown up to prevent us, "violent students" hoLding sit in strikes in drug stores that year so we could not graduate ...
NOT TO WORRY AS WE HAD LOADS AN LOADS OF BLACK CHURCHES. "YOOOOOOOOOO" (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
Thank you so much for this vital, vital post brother Gaddy...
and I chant(pray) that we remember this the next time we lead the march in demeaning us by saying we were given the shortest month in the year...
LEARN OUR HISTORY AND IT WILL GO A LONG WAY IN SETTING US FREE IN MIND AND BODY AND SPIRIT. (S-M-I-L-E)
AGAIN THNKS SO ,SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR BEING SUCH A BLESSING TO OUR PEOPLE(S)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
yES, I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD ONLY BLACK HISTORY W-E-E-K WHEN WE WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO STUDY SLAVERY...I AM GOING TO SEND AN EMAIL TO ALL ASKING THE WE MOVE ON BEYOND STUDING SLAVERY AND LEARN ABOUT THINGS LIKE THE MAKE UP ORF TEH BLACK FAMILY..ABOUT HOW WE ARE THE PEOPLE WE ARE TODAY BECAUSE OF OUR CULTURE...OUR UNIQUE CULTURE LEARNED BY TRIAL AND ERROR ALL FOR SURVIVAL. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
