The mere imparting of information is not education.

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.

What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.

The mere imparting of information is not education.

You must give your own story to the world.

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.

The author takes the position that the consumer pays the tax, and as such every individual of the social order should be given unlimited opportunity to make the most of himself.