Carter G. WoodsonAuthor :
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Published : Saturday 30 September 2017
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This study reveals how historian Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) used the black press and modern public relations techniques to popularize black history during the first half of the twentieth century. Explanations for Woodsons success with the modern black history movement usually include his training, deep-rooted principles, and single-minded determination. Often overlooked, however, is Woodsons skillful use of newspapers in developing and executing a public education campaign built on truth, accuracy, fairness, and education. Burnis R. Morris explains how Woodson attracted mostly favorable news coverage for his history movement due to his deep understanding of the newspapers business and editorial models as well as his public relations skills, which helped him merge the interests of the black press with his cause. Woodsons publicity tactics, combined with access to the audiences granted him by the press, enabled him to drive the black history movement-particularly observance of Negro History Week and fundraising activities. Morris analyzes Woodsons periodicals, newspaper articles, letters, and other archived documents describing Woodsons partnership with the black press and his role as a publicist. This rarely explored side of Woodson, who was often called the "Father of Black History," reintroduces Woodsons lost image as a leading cultural icon who used his celebrity in multiple roles as an opinion journalist, newsmaker, and publicist of black history to bring veneration to a disrespected subject. During his active professional career, 1915-1950, Woodson merged his interests and the interests of the black newspapers. His cause became their cause.
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