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 More Quotes by Carter G. Woodson More Quotes From Carter G. Woodson Our aim is to appeal to reason. … Prayer is not one of our remedies; it depends on what one is praying for. We consider prayer nothing more than a fervent wish; consequently the merit and worth of a prayer depend upon what the fervent wish is. Carter G. Woodson merit prayer wish 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 discrimination forever 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 different racism race Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority. Carter G. Woodson inferiority convinced school I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me. Carter G. Woodson brave helping men 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 opportunity pay order 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 segregation finals overcoming 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 ghetto uplifting leadership Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination. Carter G. Woodson sound opportunity long 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 long people 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 pioneers business people 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 slavery failure government Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South. Carter G. Woodson university south scholar One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists. Carter G. Woodson abolitionist citing cases 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 rising spheres alternatives I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit. Carter G. Woodson suits law white
