User:Bravestofbrave/Carter G. Woodson

Original: At the age of seventeen, Woodson followed his brother to Huntington, where he hoped to attend the brand new secondary school for Black people, Douglass High School. However, Woodson, forced to work as a coal miner, was able to devote only minimal time each year to his schooling. In 1895, the twenty-year-old Woodson finally entered Douglass High School full-time, and received his diploma in 1897. From 1897 to 1900, Woodson taught at Winona.

Edit: At the age of seventeen, Woodson followed his older brother to Huntington, West Virginia, where he hoped to attend Douglass High School, the new secondary school for African Americans established there. While in school, Woodson was forced to work as a coal miner, and was able to devote only a small portion of his time to schooling each year. In 1895 at the age of twenty-two, Woodson entered Douglass High School full time and finally obtained his diploma in 1897. From his graduation in 1897 until 1900, Woodson taught at a school in Winona, West Virginia.