Author: 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

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

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

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

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

The mere imparting of information is not education.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

- Carter G. Woodson

Let us banish fear.

Let us banish fear.

- 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.

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

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

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