Herman Dreer

Herman H. Dreer (1888–1981) was an American academic administrator, educator, educational reformer, activist, author, editor, Baptist minister, and civil rights leader. He is best known for writing curriculum and programming for teaching African American History at most grade levels for early 20th-century public schools. Dreer is also credited with initiating Black History Month observance in the United States, alongside Carter G. Woodson.

Dreer re-opened Douglass University, an important African American college and founded a bank for African Americans in St. Louis, Missouri.

His former home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 2009. Provided by Wikipedia