• Carter G Woodson

    Carter G. Woodson Home

    National Historic Site District of Columbia

Our Staff & Offices

Joy Kinard is the District Manager responsible for the Carter G. Woodson Home NHS, as well as the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS and the Capitol Hill Parks.

The staffs of National Capital Parks-East and the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS provide support for the Carter G. Woodson Home NHS as necessary.

For information contact:

Carter G. Woodson Home NHS
c/o Mary McLeod Bethune Council House NHS
1318 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 2005-3607
(202) 673-2402

Did You Know?

Portrait of a young Carter G. Woodson

Carter G. Woodson did not begin his formal education until he was 20 years old. He had been denied access to public education in Canton, Virginia where he was born in 1875.