Carter G. Woodson was born on December 19, 1875 in New Canton, Virginia. He died at the age of 74 on April 3, 1950. In 1916, Woodson founded The Journal of Negro History. He also began the tradition of recognizing Black History Month, which started off as Negro History Week. Because he created this month, Carter received the nickname "The Father of Black History". While attending Kentucky’s Berea College in 1903, Carter earned an undergraduate degree. He also received another undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago in 1907. Carter studied at Sorbonne in Paris for a while, and then later received a graduate degree at Chicago. As time passed, he earned his doctorate in History in 1912 from Harvard University. Carter Woodson was the
