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Abstract

Dr. Carter G Woodson was an African American historian, author, publisher, and activist. He is known as the Father of Black History. He was the second African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard University. He was the founder of the Journal of Negro Education and the Associated Publishers. He wrote many important books including The History of the Negro Church and The Miseducation of the Negro. He died in Washington, DC in 1950.