When 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. WoodsonThe different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess.
Carter G. WoodsonThe large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.
Carter G. WoodsonIn 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. WoodsonTruth must be dug up from the past and presented to the circle of scholastics in scientific form and then through stories and dramatizations that will permeate our educational system.
Carter G. Woodson