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Carter G. Woodson

by Robert Franklin Durden · 1998

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A biography of the son of former slaves who received a Ph.D. in history from Harvard and devoted his life to bringing the achievements of his race to the world's attention.

Subject
biographybiographyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of this
Themes
African AmericanAfrican AmericanMore like thisLess of this
Setting
USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 128 pages

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