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Carter G. Woodson was born in Buckingham County, Virginia.
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In 1895, at the age of 20, Woodson entered Douglass High School, where he received his diploma in less than two years.
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If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.
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Mr. Woodson died on April 3, 1950 and Black History Month is his legacy.
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The first celebration of the Black History Month took place at Kent State one year later, in February 1970.
