We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.
Carter G. WoodsonThe thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.
Carter G. WoodsonIf 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. WoodsonWhen you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary.
Carter G. Woodson