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

~Carter G. Woodson

Topics: Confidence Fact In Fact Money More People Than Worth

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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

Topics: Become Enough Eternally Fed Get Ghetto Hand He Him Must Never Out Pushes Strong Will

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

~Carter G. Woodson

Topics: About Actions Control His Man Thinking Worry You

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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

Topics: Becomes Being Danger Factor History Race Stands Thought Tradition World Worthwhile

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The mere imparting of information is not education.

~Carter G. Woodson

Topics: Education Information Mere

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This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.

~Carter G. Woodson

Topics: Assumption Confined Deal Education Forces Fundamental Ghetto Leadership Life Make Matters Must Possible Religion Social Then Things Uplift

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The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.

~Carter G. Woodson

Topics: Because Been Conformity Defects Does Education Enslaved Good However Modern Modern Education More Much Needs Oppressed Others Out People So-Called Than Those Weaker Who Worked

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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

Topics: Able Carry Develop Far He Him His Hold Man Out Own Program Should Wants White

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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

Topics: Atmosphere Discrimination Forever Left Negroes Nothing Present Producing Remain Them Will

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Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history.

~Carter G. Woodson

Topics: Accomplished Biography History Inspiration Lose Record Teaching Those Which Who

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: December 19th, 1875

Died: April 3rd, 1950

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