Carter G. Woodson Professions : Historian Born : December 19, 1875 Died : April 3, 1950 Browse All Authors Top 57 quotes by Carter G. Woodson 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 majority college people 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 diversity doe needs The mere imparting of information is not education. Carter G. Woodson mere information education The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong. Carter G. Woodson crime strong weak In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent. Carter G. Woodson running attitude long In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. Carter G. Woodson confidence facts people Truth comes to us from the past, then, like gold washed down from the mountains. Carter G. Woodson mountain gold past The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the impropriety or the impossibility of his becoming white... the Negros will have no outlet but to go down a blind alley, if the sort of education which they are now receiving is to enable them to find the way out of their present difficulties. Carter G. Woodson receiving white way When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. Carter G. Woodson worry men thinking What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice. Carter G. Woodson hate race religious It may be well to repeat here the saying that old men talk of what they have done, young men of what they are doing, and fools of what they expect to do. The Negro race has a rather large share of the last mentioned class. Carter G. Woodson race class men 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 taught black moments The race needs workers, not leaders. Carter G. Woodson leader race needs 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 lynching important would-be In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation. Carter G. Woodson taught black school Why not exploit, enslave, or exterminate a class that everybody is taught to regard as inferior? Carter G. Woodson why-not black class 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 demand money needs The bondage of the Negro brought captive from Africa is one of the greatest dramas in history, and the writer who merely sees in that ordeal something to approve or condemn fails to understand the evolution of the human race. Carter G. Woodson evolution race drama 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 african-american race history I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a lawsuit. It would do the cause much good. Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me. Carter G. Woodson brave white men Similar Authors Abram L. Sachar historian Bryan Ward-Perkins historian Bruce Catton historian Bruce Bartlett historian Brian Crozier historian Allan Nevins historian All Authors
