Burnis R. Morris, Huntington, West Virginia, is the Carter G. Woodson Professor in Marshall University's W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications, where he has taught courses in reporting, editing, diversity, mass media history, and public relations. He also created and directed for more than a decade The Fourth Estate and the Third Sector, a national training program for journalists who cover tax-exempt organizations and philanthropy.

Morris's work represents a breakthrough in taking Carter G. Woodson seriously as a personality and an institution builder. Most notably we learn how he used the press to transform the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History into the force that reshaped the celebration of Negro History, turning it into the most vibrant celebration of public history in America. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand Woodson". - Daryl Michael Scott, professor of history at Howard University and editor of Carter G. Woodson's Appeal

Burnis R. Morris, Huntington, West Virginia, is the Carter G. Woodson Professor in Marshall University's W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications, where he has taught courses in reporting, editing, diversity, mass media history, and public relations. He also created and directed for more than a decade The Fourth Estate and the Third Sector, a national training program for journalists who cover tax-exempt organizations and philanthropy.

Morris's work represents a breakthrough in taking Carter G. Woodson seriously as a personality and an institution builder. Most notably we learn how he used the press to transform the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History into the force that reshaped the celebration of Negro History, turning it into the most vibrant celebration of public history in America. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand Woodson". - Daryl Michael Scott, professor of history at Howard University and editor of Carter G. Woodson's Appeal

Burnis R. Morris, Huntington, West Virginia, is the Carter G. Woodson Professor in Marshall University's W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications, where he has taught courses in reporting, editing, diversity, mass media history, and public relations. He also created and directed for more than a decade The Fourth Estate and the Third Sector, a national training program for journalists who cover tax-exempt organizations and philanthropy.

Morris's work represents a breakthrough in taking Carter G. Woodson seriously as a personality and an institution builder. Most notably we learn how he used the press to transform the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History into the force that reshaped the celebration of Negro History, turning it into the most vibrant celebration of public history in America. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand Woodson". - Daryl Michael Scott, professor of history at Howard University and editor of Carter G. Woodson's Appeal