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Hey y'all, I'm BA Parker and this is Code Switch from NPR. Now, we're celebrating by

Kishri Month, which I know, while I was in an month with only 28 days, I get it. But it was

intentional because of Carter G. Woodson. He bargained for a week, Negro History Week in 1926,

and he chose February because of the births of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.

And then it grew into what we know was Black History Month in the 1970s.

I night Evely didn't know Carter G. Woodson was such a big deal until I went to college at an HBCU.

Go Morgan State. Where there was literally a building named after him.

And that's where you can dive into his legacy as a scholar and an educator. Education for Carter G. Woodson

was paramount. He was the second black person to get a doctorate from Harvard. He taught it Howard.

He helped pioneer the idea that there was such a thing as Black History and that it should be taught.

And today we've got a story about the literal legacy of Carter G. Woodson.

Now, I want to welcome someone to the Code Switch Mike with me. She's a correspondent on NPR's

race and identity desk and an awesome new friend to the show, Sondia Dirk's. Hi, Sondia.

Hi, Parker. So I want to introduce you to the literal legacy of Carter G. Woodson.

I do more or less remember like learning about Carter G. Woodson because my mom made a big deal

about it like when she told me she was like, you are the descendant of a very famous like

historical figure. You have to remember this and tell all your friends and brag about it.

Brett Woodson Bailey is Carter G. Woodson's great, great, grand nephew.

I started to understand the importance of Carter G. Woodson more as I grew up.

Not so much like his relation to me because at the end of the day, like I'm still

you know me. I wasn't I'm not exactly like carrying down his legacy too much. Well, I guess

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