Black History Month Convocation

Thursday, February 22    12:30 PM-1:30 PM Ferrell Hall Auditorium
rwolfe@wvstateu.edu

Summary

Carter G. Woodson and the Role of the Intellectual in the Struggle for Equality

Details

A Howard University professor and author will be the keynote speaker at the West Virginia State University (WVSU) Black History Month Convocation Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. 
Dr. Daryl Michael Scott will discuss “Carter G. Woodson and the Role of the Intellectual in the Struggle for Equality.” The event is free and open to the public. Woodson, widely regarded as the father of black history, served as an academic dean at what was then West Virginia Collegiate Institute from 1920-22.
A native of Chicago, Scott began his teaching career at Columbia University and since 2003 has been a professor of history at Howard University.
From 2003 through 2015, Scott served on the board of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), serving as the national president during its centennial.  Founded by Carter G. Woodson in 1915, ASALH is the oldest black scholarly and intellectual society in the world.

 

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