Phylon profile VI: Carter G. Woodson.
From: Black History Bulletin
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Date: 1/1/2002
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Author: Logan, Rayford W.
Rarely has the ability of the public mind to distinguish between real and meretricious values been more clearly demonstrated than in the poll which resulted in the listing of Dr. Carter G. Woodson among those who "also ran" in Dr. Edwin R. Embree's Thirteen Against the Odds. One can only conclude that the public still prefers boogie woogie to Beethoven. For by any criterion of solid achievement Dr. Woodson should rank among the first five contemporary Negroes.
On October 9, 1915 ...
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