Carter G. Woodson

Reflection Paper Throughout my role as a student and volunteer I learned that community uplift is the most important goal of African American studies. Civic engagement in a community is necessary for the growth of the inhabitants and their well-being. Foremost, my experience in volunteering for my community encouraged me to view specific social issues differently. These social issues include, the importance of positive role models, an abundance of academic/ personal resources, and the…

Revolution is a term that for better or worse has and forever will reign over the lives of millions in the United State of America, but it is what “common people” choose to do in the face of such transformative change that truly matters .Though the American revolution was necessary in establishing the political foundation of this storied Country, I personally believe the American Civil War was more Revolutionary, and to an extent necessary as it not only put kinship to the test (pitting father…

As stated by Carter G. Woodson, “If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action.” He is saying that by controlling the educational information that a people possess, one has the ability to control every aspect of their current and their future…

One might believe that Langston Hughes dreamed for equality throughout the human race, he raced toward that dream by exposed his peoples’ culture to the white public and was often the voice of his people, therefore Hughes is one if the main reasons black culture is celebrated today. Langston Hughes, or James Mercer, was born on February 1, 1902 in Joplin Missouri. He died May 22, 1967 in New York City (Webster 209). Born with a racial background of African, French, Native American, and English…

Imagine a world where the power of words becomes a weapon against oppression, where a single voice can spark a revolution and inspire generations to come. Celebrated in history as the 'Moses of her people,' Harriet Tubman's life embodies the remarkable journey of courage, resilience, and unwavering determination in the face of adversity. Born into the shackles of slavery, Tubman's early years were marked by hardship and oppression. Yet, amidst the darkness of bondage, she found solace and…

Jesse Owens, a world record-setting Olympic athlete, once said, “We all have dreams. In order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort” (Lowe 2017). In today’s world not many people know about black history or the huge impact that it has had on our world. African Americans who lived through the earlier times all had a dream, but to achieve their dreams they had to have determination, dedication, and self-discipline. Although…

of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812.” The source explains that Bell’s book “reached the public in 1855 just as the newspapers were reporting fearsome violence over abolitionism in ‘Bleeding Kansas,’” and that “not until 1922 did Carter G. Woodson… dare to include a paragraph in The Negro in Our History about the thousands of... slaves who had fled to the British during the war.” The source also explains the treatment of black history in “multivolume nineteenth-century histories of…

able to understand that my Black classmates had the same feelings and thoughts pertaining to finding a place as a Black educated woman in Wellesley and America as a whole. Reading the works of Eric Williams, Marcus Garvey, Anna J. Cooper, and Carter G. Woodson, taught me that as a Black person I need to have…

Washington’s death and “The Revolt of the Negro Intellectuals,” and the foundation of the Association of Negros by Carter G. Woodson. Frazier also had both a professional relationship and good friendship with Du Bois, as Frazier had conducted research on the socieconomics of blacks…

Langston Hughes was born on February 1,1902.He was born in Joplin,Missouri.Langston Hughes full name was James Mercer Langston Hughes.Soon after he was born his parents separated.Langston Hughes father moved to Mexico.He was raised mostly by his grandmother.Since his mom moved around a lot during his early life.Langston Hughes grandmother was named Mary.He lived in Lawrence, Kansas until his grandmother died when he was a teenager.After his grandmother died he lived with some family friends…