I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

Quote by Carter G Woodson

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If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a...

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a...

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

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

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

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

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

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is...

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is...

The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good...

The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good...

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes...

If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes...

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome...

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome...

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply...

The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply...

I am a radical.

I am a radical.

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers...

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers...

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our...

The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our...

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

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

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every...

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every...

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be...

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be...

The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This...

The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This...

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every...

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every...

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which...

Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which...

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters...

This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters...