Quotes from 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.

One can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

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.

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

The strongest bank in the United States will last only so long as the people will have sufficient confidence in it to keep their money there.

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

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.

Let us banish fear. We have been in this mental state for three centuries. I am a radical. I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.