Black History Month USA, Carter G. Woodson 1863 Port Royal Experiment - Study Coach Podcast

Study Coach Education Podcast with Morel Benard presents shows on the topic of prejudice and discrimination, storytelling is used to educate and entertain listeners. The topic of prejudice and discrimination is a sensitive topic but irrespective of sensitivity we need to talk about the topic and related issues. Study Coach Podcast recently looked at the life of Ignatius Sancho and the life of Anne Frank. To recognise Black History Month USA, Study Coach Podcast will now focus on the life of Carter G. Woodson an American, with the focus on the Port Royal Experiment of 1863.

Carter G. Woodson

Carter G. Woodson is the man responsible for launching the idea of celebrating black history. In February 1926 Woodson launched the celebration of ‘Negro History Week’ the precursor of Black History Month. There is a view that black history should be celebrated all year round; there is also another view that there is no necessity to have a black history month and what about white history? My belief is that through acknowledging black history we are also acknowledging white history. For example, in reflecting on issues surrounding slavery, then quite clearly we are also talking about white history (distasteful though it might be).

In celebrating Woodson’s contribution to history Study Coach Podcast will focus on the Port Royal Experiment 1863 USA. We will learn that abandoned slaves living in the Port Royal areas became free men and that the Congressional Act of June 7, 1862, whereby the USA Government relinquished its purchases of land, led to freedmen (ex-slaves) being able to work and earn and to purchase acres of land. In 1863 freemen bought 3, 500 acres of land, becoming landowners. In the Port Royal Experiment the freedman entered into an education programme as stipulated by the Congressional Act of 1862. The concept of the freedman includes women and children receiving an education.

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