The Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., preserves the residence and workplace of Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950), the scholar known as the "Father of Black History." Woodson, the second African American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University (after W.E.B. Du Bois), founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915, established the Journal of Negro History in 1916, and created Negro History Week in 1926 — which later became Black History Month. He lived and worked in the Shaw neighborhood rowhouse from 1922 until his death in 1950. The site was designated a national historic site in 2006.
📚 Learn More at NPSHistory.com →Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in DC is one of hundreds of National Park Service sites where interpretive content has been flagged under Secretary's Order 3431. This directive requires parks to review materials that could be considered negative about past or living Americans — a standard that threatens the factual historical record these sites were created to preserve.
Why this matters: Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site is one of 466+ National Park Service sites where historically accurate interpretive content has been flagged under Secretary's Order 3431. Over 300 million people visit national parks each year. For many — especially schoolchildren — these visits are their first and deepest encounter with American history.
Change text: Delete “anti Black riots” to “Riots”
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in DC preserves a piece of American history that the public has trusted the National Park Service to protect and interpret. The park films at this site have been developed over years by historians, subject-matter experts, and park staff — and are now being reviewed under Secretary's Order 3431.
The administration has ordered revised content that includes the language: “Racial terror batters Black communities.”, “White men storm Shaw and other Black neighborhoods.”, and “Racial terror batters Black communities, Shaw and other Black neighborhoods are stormed.”.
Why this matters: The civil rights history documented at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site is not a matter of opinion — it is the factual record of how Americans fought for the rights promised by our founding documents. These events occurred within living memory. The people who marched, sat in, and sacrificed are still alive to tell their stories.
Introduction film (9 min). Line 139 states: “Racial terror batters Black communities.” and line 141 “White men storm Shaw and other Black neighborhoods.” - perhaps say “Racial terror batters Black communities, Shaw and other Black neighborhoods are stormed.”
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in DC is one of hundreds of National Park Service sites where interpretive content has been flagged under Secretary's Order 3431. This directive requires parks to review materials that could be considered negative about past or living Americans — a standard that threatens the factual historical record these sites were created to preserve.
Among the content targeted: “Black Lives Matter” — language that the administration has flagged for review under its directive to review historically accurate interpretive materials.
Why this matters: Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site is one of 466+ National Park Service sites where historically accurate interpretive content has been flagged under Secretary's Order 3431. Over 300 million people visit national parks each year. For many — especially schoolchildren — these visits are their first and deepest encounter with American history.
Potentially delete “Black Lives Matter” mini video.
Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site in DC preserves a piece of American history that the public has trusted the National Park Service to protect and interpret. The park films at this site have been developed over years by historians, subject-matter experts, and park staff — and are now being reviewed under Secretary's Order 3431.
The administration has flagged for review content that includes the language: “Religion was manipulated by white people.”, and “Religion was manipulated.”.
Why this matters: The specific language being targeted at Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site — including “Religion was manipulated by white people.” — is historically accurate content developed by professional historians and park staff. When this language is revised or removed, visitors lose access to the documented record of what happened here.
In the opening line about the history of the Black church it states: “Religion was manipulated by white people.” Rephrase to say: “Religion was manipulated.”
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