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.

Quote by Carter G Woodson

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Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid...

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid...

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how...

We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how...

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...

They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately...

They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately...

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...

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...

If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions....

If you can control a mans thinking, you dont have to worry about his actions....

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.

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.

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...

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather...

In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather...

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present...

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present...

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.

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...

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...

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

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.

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 mere imparting of information is not education.

The mere imparting of information is not education.