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  1. Feb 29, 2024 · Before Dr. Carter G. Woodson, there was very little accurate written history about the lives and experiences of Americans of African descent. Today a National Historic Site, Dr. Woodson’s home served as the headquarters for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Dr. Woodson established Negro History Week here in 1926, which we celebrate today as Black History Month.

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  2. The association had its headquarters at 1538 9th Street, NW in Washington, DC, in the basement and on the first floor, while Woodson resided on the second floor from 1922 to 1950. This Victorian row house is now a National Historic Site. The National Park Service and the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History are working ...

  3. Designated NHS. February 27, 2006. Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., preserves the home of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950). Woodson, the founder of Black History Month, was an African-American historian, author, and journalist.

  4. Dec 19, 2019 · The Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site, located in Washington, D.C., served as the home of the “Father of Black History,” Dr. Carter G. Woodson from 1922 until his death in 1950. Carter Godwin Woodson was born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia to parents that had been enslaved. As an African American boy growing up in ...

  5. Portrait of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, ca. 1915 . Scurlock Studio Records Archives Center NMAH, Smithsonian Institution. His Early Life and Quest for Knowledge. Born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia, Carter Godwin Woodson was the fourth of nine children born to parents who had been enslaved.

  6. Carter G. Woodson passed away in his “office-home” on April 3, 1950 at the age of 74. The nation recognized his achievements in 1976 when his home was declared a National Historic Landmark, in 2003 when an act of Congress named his home a National Historic Site, and in 2006 when the Carter G. Woodson Home became the 389th unit of the ...

  7. The Office-Home Learn more about the pioneering work done by Dr. Woodson and others from out of this American treasure that is now a national historic site. People

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