Carter G. Woodson

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

#being #danger #exterminated #factor #history

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

— Carter G. Woodson

#actions #control #his #man #thinking

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

#failed #failure #government #merely #slavery

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

#colleges #development #finishing #large #large majority

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

#black #change #condition #curse #face

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 #democracy #educate #give #majority

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

— Carter G. Woodson

#fact #in fact #money #more #people

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

— Carter G. Woodson

#discrimination #long #long run #much #run

Let us banish fear. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

#fear #let us #us

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

#enough #eternally #fed #get #ghetto