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“...to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching. It kills one's aspirations and dooms him to vagabondage and crime.” quote by Carter G. Woodson — Download Open image

““...to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching. It kills one's aspirations and dooms him to vagabondage and crime.””

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“Thus the thoughtless drift backward toward slavery.”

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And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.

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I am ready to act, if I can find brave men to help me.

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The race needs workers, not leaders.

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In fact, the confidence of the people is worth more than money.

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We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.

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