Carter G. Woodson Quotes


The mere imparting of information is not education. Carter G. Woodson Education 166
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 Become 119
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 Able 101
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 Atmosphere 91
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 best 88
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 Banks 87
I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit. Carter G. Woodson Afraid 86
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 History 85
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 Change 82
Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority. Carter G. Woodson Convinced 78
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 Government 74
I am a radical. Carter G. Woodson Radical 68
In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent. Carter G. Woodson Uncategorized 67
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 Crusade 64
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 Bank 63
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 best 62
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 Accustomed 60
This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible. Carter G. Woodson Education 56
One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists. Carter G. Woodson Abolitionists 55
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 Certain 53
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 Development 50
In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. Carter G. Woodson Money 49
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 History 46
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 Author 45
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 Alternative 44
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 Accept 42
Let us banish fear. Carter G. Woodson Banish 40
Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South. Carter G. Woodson Known 39
I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me. Carter G. Woodson Act 38
The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples. Carter G. Woodson Education 33
Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination. Carter G. Woodson Afraid 30
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 Africans 28
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 Begin 24

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