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Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950

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Personal name headingWoodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950
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Variant(s)Woodson, C. G. (Carter Godwin), 1875-1950
Woodson, Carter G., 1875-1950
See alsoFounded corporate body of person: Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, inc.
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Other standard no.0000 0001 0876 6551
19770339
Q5047158
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1875-12-19
Death date1950-04-03
Place of birthNew Canton (Va.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
Field of activityAfrican-American history History of black people
AffiliationBerea College University of Chicago Harvard University
Profession or occupationAfrican American historians
African American educators
African American authors
Historians Journalists Writers University and college faculty members
Found inHis The education of the Negro ... 1915
His The education of the Negro prior to 1861, 1991: t.p. (C.G. Woodson)
Greene, Lorenzo J. The Negro wage earner, c1930: t.p. (Carter G. Woodson)
World biographical index 12, WWW, Dec. 4, 2003 (Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950; historian, educator, author)
English Wikipedia website, viewed May 21, 2012 (Carter Godwin Woodson (Dec. 19, 1875--Apr. 3, 1950) was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson was one of the first scholars to study African American history. A founder of Journal of Negro History (now titled The Journal of African-American History), Dr. Woodson has been cited as the father of black history; Born: Dec. 19, 1875, New Canton, Va.; Died: Apr. 3, 1950 (aged 74), Washington, DC; Education: B.Litt, Berea College (1903); M.A., University of Chicago (1908); Ph.D., Harvard University (1912); Occupation: Historian)
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OCLC database, 16 Feb. 2023 (access points: Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950, Woodson, Carter Godwin, Woodson, Carter G., Woodson, Carter Goodwin, 1875-1950, etc.; usage: Carter Godwin Woodson, Carter G. Woodson, Woodson, C.G.)
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