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Carter Is Born
Carter was born in New Canton,Virgina -
Him As A Teenage Adult
The Woodsons moved to Fayette County, West Virginia, where his father worked in railroad construction, and where he himself found work as a coal miner. -
Carters Teenage Years
As a teenager he worked as an agricultural day laborer. -
Teenage Year
Woodson graduated from Berea in 1903, just a year before Kentucky passed the "Day Law," prohibiting interracial education. -
Teaching The Good
After college, Woodson taught at Frederick Douglass High School in West Virginia. -
Teaching Experience
After college, Woodson taught at Frederick Douglass High School in West Virginia. -
Working to HelpThe Needs
His difference of opinion with Grimké, who wanted a more conservative course, contributed to Woodson's ending his affiliation with the NAACP. -
Quiting His Job
He retired from teaching in 1922 and spent the remainder of his life rescuing, researching, and writing about the African American experience. He earned the title of Father of Black History. -
The End Of Life
He died on April 3, 1950, in Washington, D.C.
