Shannon Stirnweis: Carter G. Woodson

Artist: Shannon Stirnweis
1931 -
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1983
Image Size: 15 by 17.5 inches
Overall Size: 16.75 by 19.75 inches
Medium: Oil on Cold Press Illustration Board

As if to emulate the pride and determination of his race, black American Carter G. Woodson rose from the poor backwoods of Virginia to become world-renowned as the "Father of Black History." Because he worked during his youth to help his family eke out a living, Woodson was not able to complete high school until he was twenty-one years old. But he wasn't at all discouraged, and following high school he went on to attend Berea College in Kentucky, the University of Chicago, and even the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Woodson finished his Ph.D. in history at Harvard University in 1912 and spent the rest of his life teaching and writing many detailed books about black history. His most famous volume is The Negro in Our History, which many scholars consider one of the finest full-length works on black history. In addition to his writing and teaching, Woodson was active in other ways. In 1915 he organized the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History and acted as editor for its quarterly Journal of Negro History. In 1926, Woodson founded Negro History Week, which in the 1970's was popularized as Black History Week, an annual observance during the first half of February, which coincides with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and the great black leader Frederick Douglass.

This artwork originally appeared on the Fleetwood® First Day Cover for the U.S. 20¢ Carter G. Woodson stamp issued February 1, 1984.

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