print email comment close Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) URL: http://www.asalh.org/ Description: This site contains information on the founder of ASALH, Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, who established the first Negro History Week, which officially expanded to Black History Month in 1976. Includes a list of the Black History Month themes for the next several years, brief details about the Carter G. Woodson Home (a national historic landmark), and information about the annual essay contest for all full-time graduate and undergraduate students. Publisher: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Inc. Extra Keywords notablehistorians Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American historians Black History Month Historic sites -- United States People Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950 LII Database Information: Record 889 created by Julianna Hamann on 02/08/2003 Last modification on 01/07/2006 Published: 02/08/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/889