Carter Reads the Newspaper

Carter Reads the Newspaper

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Series: Picture Book Biographies, 20th Century
Publisher: Peachtree Publishing Company
Publication Year: 2019
ASIN: 1561459348
ISBN: 1561459348

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Carter G. Woodson was born to two formerly enslaved people ten years after the end of the Civil War. Though his father could not read, he believed in being an informed citizen. So Carter read the newspaper to him every day. When he was still a teenager, Carter went to work in the coal mines.

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