Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the child of enslaved people, achieved much his parents couldn't. He became a celebrated Black historian, was the second African American after W.E. B. DuBois to earn a doctorate from Harvard University and is known as "The Father of Black History," according to Explore Pine Bluff.com.
We celebrate Black History Month every February to recognize the amazing impact that African Americans have had on our culture. Read on for more about this tradition's origins.