Carter G. Woodson

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

— Carter G. Woodson

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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

#confidence #keep #last #long #money

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

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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

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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

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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. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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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

#enslavement #far-reaching #goes #history #most

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

— Carter G. Woodson

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I am a radical. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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

— Carter G. Woodson

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