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  • 'Father of Black History' House Named National Historic Site

    02/03/2004 9:06:54 AM PST · by Calpernia · 3 replies · 345+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Feb. 3, 2004 | By Rudi Williams
    The house here in this city's northwest section where the "Father of Black History," lived, worked and launched "Negro History Week" in 1926 is now a National Historic Site, thanks to the U.S. Congress. The house is named for author, editor, publisher, historian and educator Carter G. Woodson, who lived from December 1875 to April 1950. The Senate passed the Carter G. Woodson House Bill on Nov. 24, 2003, making Woodson's home a historic site, according to Sylvia Cyrus-Albritton, interim executive director of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, which Woodson created in 1915. The...