And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.
Carter G. WoodsonThe bondage of the Negro brought captive from Africa is one of the greatest dramas in history, and the writer who merely sees in that ordeal something to approve or condemn fails to understand the evolution of the human race.
Carter G. WoodsonOne can cite cases of Negroes who opposed emancipation and denounced the abolitionists.
Carter G. WoodsonAt this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they have been taught that they cannot do.
Carter G. WoodsonIf 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. 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