Carter G. Woodson

Even schools for Negroes, then, are places where they must be convinced of their inferiority. ”

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination. ”

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

In 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. ”

The 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. ”

They still have some money, and they have needs to supply. They must begin immediately to pool their earnings and organize industries to participate in supplying social and economic demands. ”

If the Negroes are to remain forever removed from the producing atmosphere, and the present discrimination continues, there will be nothing left for them to do. ”

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

I am not afraid of being sued by white businessmen. In fact, I should welcome such a law suit. ”

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. ”