We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.

Quote by John Hope Franklin

Topics: Exploration Quotes, Travel Quotes

It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda.

It was necessary, as a black historian, to have a personal agenda.

If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present;...

If the house is to be set in order, one cannot begin with the present;...

We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness...

We also learn that this country and the Western world have no monopoly of goodness...

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the...

We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the...

We know all too little about the factors that affect the attitudes of the peoples...

We know all too little about the factors that affect the attitudes of the peoples...

I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives...

I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives...

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed...

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good Compensate bad in man, absolve him so:...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful.

Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful.

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

I worship impersonal Nature, which is neither good or ad, and who knows neither love...

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things

The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of...

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)

The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. (Ecclesiastes 9:11)

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...