Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Google is marking the beginning of Black History Month by celebrating historian, scholar, educator and author Carter G. Woodson with a new Doodle.
Woodson, referred to as the "Father of Black History," was born to former slaves Anne Eliza and James Henry Woodson in 1875 in New Canton, Va. He entered high school at the age of 20 after working to support his family and earned his diploma in less than two years.