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Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto."

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history."

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.




Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated."

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "No man knows what he can do until he tries."

No man knows what he can do until he tries.




Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching."

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them."

The real servant of the people must live among them, think with them, feel for them, and die for them.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them."

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.




Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better."

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The mere imparting of information is not education."

The mere imparting of information is not education.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "You must give your own story to the world."

You must give your own story to the world.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong."

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent."

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.




Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists."

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money."

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies."

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people."

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The race needs workers, not leaders."

The race needs workers, not leaders.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Truth must be dug up from the past and presented to the circle of scholastics in scientific form and then through stories and dramatizations that will permeate our educational system."

Truth must be dug up from the past and presented to the circle of scholastics in scientific form and then through stories and dramatizations that will permeate our educational system.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do."

At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice."

What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions."

When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race."

And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess."

The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?"

Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior?



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom."

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own."

If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains."

Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands."

They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me."

I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination."

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself."

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority."

Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just."

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do."

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there."

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits."

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers."

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "If Liberia has failed, then, it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro in government. It is merely evidence of the failure of slavery."

If Liberia has failed, then, it is no evidence of the failure of the Negro in government. It is merely evidence of the failure of slavery.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South."

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit."

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit.



Carter G. Woodson Quotes: "Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me."

Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.