Important Quote by Carter G. Woodson

Well I've been crystal clear that we should not have schools which are set up by extremists whether they're Christian fundamentalists, Islamic fundamentalists or…

— Michael Gove

Lynching is an important aspect of racial history and racial inequality in America, because it was visible, it was so public, it was so…

— Bryan Stevenson

I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works.

— Dana Goldstein

In my opinion while lynchings were quite possibly the most heinous crimes ever witnessed in American history, they helped in bringing people together for…

— Assata Shakur

anything that becomes a cult, or a mass movement, loses its moral and spiritual value. The crusade has to be personal, individual. As soon…

— Rosamond Lehmann

Although lynchings have steadily increased in number and barbarity during the last twenty years, there has been no single effort put forth by the…

— Ida B. Wells

Right now religion has the romantic aura of the forbidden - Christ is cool. We need to bring it into the schools, which kids…

— Katha Pollitt

“Every major movement in world history has recognized the strategic importance of mobilizing children. The Nazis had their Hitler Youth bands. The Chinese Communists…

— Wess Stafford

“The conspicuous absence of the lynching tree in American theological discourse and preaching is profoundly revealing, especially since the crucifixion was clearly a first-century…

— James H. Cone

Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals,…

— Hillary Clinton

The Bible Belt, the religious South, is the section of the country that practiced slavery until the war made them give it up. They…

— John Shelby Spong

The brutal truth is, we're scarcely 'educating' children at all. Even if you overlook the guilt, fear, bigotry, and dangerous anti-intellectual flapdoodle being funneled…

— Tom Robbins