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title: "5 Teaching Black Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The Nation of Islam's main focus was teaching black pride and self-awareness. Why should we keep trying to force ourselves into white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/the-nation-of-islam-s-main-focus-was-teaching-black-pride-and-self/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/muhammad-ali-386_black-pride_the-nation-of-islam-s-main-focus-was-tea_270793.jpg)

> [“...to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson/to-handicap-a-student-by-teaching-him-that-his-black-face-is-a-curse/)

[Carter G. Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/carter-g-woodson-10187_african-american_to-handicap-a-student-by-teaching-him-th_513966.png)

> [Teaching Black Studies, I find that students are quick to label a black person who has grown up in a predominantly white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bell-hooks/teaching-black-studies-i-find-that-students-are-quick-to-label-a/)

[Bell Hooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bell-hooks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf2/bell-hooks-464_black_teaching-black-studies-i-find-that-stude_1563951.jpg)

> [As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carter-g-woodson/as-another-has-well-said-to-handicap-a-student-by-teaching-him-that/)

[Carter G. Woodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carter-g-woodson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/carter-g-woodson-10187_black_as-another-has-well-said-to-handicap-a-s_1786317.png)

> [I am an earnest advocate of manual training and trade teaching for black boys, and for white boys, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-e-b-du-bois/i-am-an-earnest-advocate-of-manual-training-and-trade-teaching-for/)

[W. E. B. Du Bois](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-e-b-du-bois/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68d/w-e-b-du-bois-2240_black_i-am-an-earnest-advocate-of-manual-train_2701184.png)

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