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Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site

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Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site 2017
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site 2017

Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site at 1538 9th Street NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C., preserves the home of Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950). Woodson, the founder of Black History Month, was an African-American historian, author, and journalist.

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Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site
9th Street Northwest, Washington

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9th Street Northwest 1500
20001 Washington
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