Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current, February 25, 1982, Page 26, Image 26

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    THEY MARCHED
FOR THEIR FREEDOM
Car pools ware an effective means of getting to work; many walked.
Empty buses wait as Blacks In Montgomery walk rather than ride In segregated
busses.
The Paper Tree
2916 N.E. Broadway
284-4741
Social Stationery
and
Party Shop
Carter Goodwin Woodson (1875-1950)
Born in Canton, Virginia, educated at Berea Col
lege, Kentucky, he earned his B.A. in 1907 and his
M .A., from the University of Chicago, in 1908.
After receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1912, he
became a college professor and Dean of the
College of Liberal Arts at Howard University, in
1921. In 1910 he organized the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History. He initiated the
Annual February observance of Negro History
Week in 1926, and wrote and published 16 out
standing books on Black History. He received the
Spingarn Medal in 1926.
Page 10 Section II Portland Observer, February 25, 1982