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Dr. Carter Woodson Quotes and Quotations
Carter G. Woodson As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching. Carter G. Woodson At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do. Carter G. Woodson Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority. Carter G. Woodson Facing this undesirable result, the highly educated Negro often grows sour. He becomes too pessimistic to be a constructive force and usually develops into a chronic fault-finder or a complainant at the bar of public opinion. Carter G. Woodson Here we find that the Negro has failed to re- cover from his slavish habit of berating his own and worshipping others as perfect beings. Carter G. Woodson I am a radical. Carter G. Woodson I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit. Carter G. Woodson I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me. Carter G. Woodson If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated. Carter G. Woodson 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 If the Negro area, however, is to continue as a district supported wholly from without, the inept dwellers therein will merit and will receive only the contempt of those who may occasionally catch glimpses of them in their plight. Carter G. Woodson If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto. Carter G. Woodson 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 If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own. Carter G. Woodson If the whites are to continue for some time in doing drudgery to the exclusion of, Negroes, the latter must find another way out. Carter G. Woodson In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money. Carter G. Woodson In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them. Carter G. Woodson In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation. Carter G. Woodson Let us banish fear. Carter G. Woodson Return from Dr. Carter Woodson Quotes and Quotations to Famous People List Page Dr. Carter Woodson Quotes and Quotations - Dr. Carter Woodson Quotes and Quotations - Dr. Carter Woodson Quotes and Quotations
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