Working his way up from the West Virginia coal mines, Carter Woodson became the second African-American to graduate from Harvard University, following W.E.B. DuBois. After the founding of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, perhaps his greatest legacy as a historian, author and educator is this classic volume, first published in 1933. This new edition includes a profile, introduction and study questions by Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu.