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Learn About Black History in the New River Gorge

February 22, 2022 3:51 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

In 1926, Harvard-educated historian and former New River Gorge coal miner, Dr. Carter G. Woodson had a bold idea. Woodson, often known as the “Father of Black History” launched a weeklong celebration in February 1926, which coincided with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.