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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.


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



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The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.



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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.



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No man knows what he can do until he tries.



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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.



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



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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.



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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.



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The mere imparting of information is not education.



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