We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. 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.

Quote by Carter G Woodson

Topics: Black History Month Quotes

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...

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...

If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but...

If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but...

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 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.

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.

Let us banish fear.

Let us banish fear.

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...

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....

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 strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people...

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people...

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...

The mere imparting of information is not education.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

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...

I am a radical.

I am a radical.

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

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

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 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...