The Mis-education of the NegroBy: Carter G. Woodson The most influential work by the father of Black history, reflecting the long standing tradition of antiracist teaching pioneered by Black educators A Penguin Classic The Mis education of the Negro (1933) is Woodsons most popular classic work of Black social criticism, drawing on history, theory, and memoir. As both student and teacher, Woodson witnessed distortions of Black life in the history and literature taught in schools