{"id":101,"date":"2012-12-09T15:43:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T15:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.wpengine.com\/lori-weintrob\/?p=101"},"modified":"2012-12-12T01:34:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T01:34:41","slug":"carter-g-woodson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faculty.wagner.edu\/lori-weintrob\/carter-g-woodson\/","title":{"rendered":"Carter G. Woodson"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Father of Black History”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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By Rashon Pleasants, Wagner College’16”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Quote:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u201cIf you can control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern yourself about what he will do. If you make a man feel that he is inferior, you do not have to compel him to accept an inferior status, for he will seek it himself. If you make a man think that he is justly an outcast, you do not have to order him to the back door. He will go without being told; and if there is no back door, his very nature will demand one.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Young and inspired Carter G. Woodson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Thesis-<\/strong><\/span> The pride of Black History, and contributions African-Americans made in America studied and\u00a0emphasized\u00a0by Carter G. Woodson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Buckingham County, Va (where Woodson was born and raised)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Accomplishments-<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0In 1915 Woodson began the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0In 1926, Woodson received the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Spingarn Medal.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0In 1926, Woodson pioneered the celebration of “Negro History Week\u201c which eventually became black history month.<\/p>\n

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Leadership Role-<\/strong><\/span> Supporting the Growth of Others was a key role that Woodson used as an advantage to influence others around him.\u00a0In 1915, Woodson co-found the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (which later became the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History). In 1916, he established the\u00a0Journal of Negro History<\/em>, a scholarly publication. Woodson also formed the African-American-owned Associated Publishers\u00a0Press in 1921, which produced several of his own works, including\u00a0The Negro in Our History<\/em>\u00a0(1922) and\u00a0Mis-Education of the Negro<\/em>\u00a0(1933).\u00a0In 1926, Woodson pioneered the celebration of “Negro History Week\u201c which eventually became Black History Month which is still celebrated today.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Criticism-<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>Naive Hope is Carter G. Woodson’s problem at times. Woodson at times was so emotionally empowered to influence African-American education that he would lack general history to back his work up. In the end, Woodson found the solution to every problem, but his initial strategy to spreading knowledge at times was a little “unofficial”.<\/p>\n

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