Carter G. Woodson

Carter Godwin Woodson’s 1933 “The Miseducation of the Negro” investigated, but also addressed many social and economic problems African-Americans were facing in 1933, but are also still facing in 2016. In this book, Woodson focused on the role that Negros play in a country and society that is no longer dependent on their labor, referencing back when Negros were enslaved and forced to work on plantations. The text opens with Woodson discussing the process of miseducation but throughout each chapter, he expands on how the process takes root in each aspect of Negro life, causing impact on the business aspect, vision, church, political ambitions and leadership. The Miseducation of the Negro is one of the most important books on education ever…

Written in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro provided a platform of discussion in terms of the debilitating state of African-American education during the 20th century. The thesis’ author, Carter G. Woodson, relays information about the education system of his time and how that same system has propelled blacks to seek lower-level positions on the social-economic totem pole. Though, this thesis was written many decades ago, the black community is still suffering; I personally believe that many…

Dr. Carter G. Woodson was the smartest man in black history. I believe because he had very strong and intellectual views on one of the most important issues our world is still facing today. Part of Dr. Woodson thesis explains that we as African American people are so out of touch with the achievements made by our ancestors due to the fact that the curriculum taught in school systems fails to include it. Woodson 's thesis revolved around the fact that in schools we are only taught only about our…

Does African Americans still get discriminated against today by the color of their skin? Carter G. Woodson explains in The Mis-Education of the Negro blacks in his day were being “culturally indoctrinated” rather than being taught in the American schools. Woodson encouraged his readers to do the unthinkable “do for themselves” nevermind what they were taught. Consequently, whites seem to surmise blacks did not acquire the pleasure of being “taught” anything at all. “When you control a man’s…

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…

The author of this book is Carter G. Woodson. The book is entitled, The Mis-Education of The Negro. The main issue in this book is basically stating that the African Americans have been miseducated Woodson intended to make a valid address on “educated negroes” and who are they being taught by. If blacks are being taught by people outside of the race, then we must question the “educated negro”. Woodson is explaining to us why the Black community is so divided now.. This book definitely made me do…

B. Lewis has illustrated over seventy children’s books over the decades with brilliant artworks and watercolor images. Some of his great works are; Coming home soon wrote by Jacqueline Woodson, a story about a young girl and her grandmother that are separated from mama when she moves north to work during WWII (Tyson, 2009), My Best friend by Mary Ann Rodman which is a story about a young girl who tries hard to make friends with an older girl at the swimming pool (Tyson, 2009), and The Bat Boy…

The Breathtaking Brown Girl Dreaming Initially when I began Jacqueline Woodson 's Brown Girl Dreaming I wasn 't convinced her choice of writing style was for me. I didn 't fully grasp how an autobiography could be written in verse and still flow like a narrative. However, Woodson laid to rest any concerns or doubts I may have had prior to starting this delightful novel. I have never been one to avidly seek out memoirs; I get bored with them after only just beginning them. Brown Girl Dreaming is…

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Green Belt Movement Our climate is changing. People all around the world lack shelter, clothing and are even dying of hunger. Wangari Mathai had a vision. She was focused on restoring our environment and was willing to lend a hand to clean up the damages climate change had caused in her community. With the help of her vison and the Green belt Movement she founded, Kenya began to prosper. Crowds were cheering. Kenyans were…