Education Quote by Charles Hamilton Houston

The Negro has no room to make any substantial compromises because his store of advantages is too small. He must press unrelentingly for quality,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“The average Negro is born into want and deprivation. His struggle to escape his circumstances is hindered by color discrimination. He is deprived of…

— Martin Luther King Jr

The present system under the control of the whites trains the Negro to be white and at the same time convinces him of the…

— Carter G. Woodson

You discover that the education the Negro gets is designed to keep him subservient. The poor black man is exploited by whites and by…

— Medgar Evers

“The so-called education of Negro college graduates leads them to throw away opportunities which they have and to go in quest of those which…

— Carter G. Woodson

If the Negro knows enough to pay taxes to support the government, he knows enough to vote; taxation and representation should go together. If…

— Frederick Douglass

It is not only poverty that torments the Negro; it is the fact of poverty amid plenty. It is a misery generated by the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I have never seen any good resulting from educating the Negro.

— Henry Carter Stuart

There are positively no mental, physical or moral attainments too lofty for the Negro to accomplish if granted a fair and equal opportunity.

— Major Taylor

“Blacks must learn that true freedom from poverty is available only through hard work and perseverance, not through affirmative action programs, protesting, or blind…

— Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

The Negro pays for what he wants and begs for what he needs.

— Kelly Miller

It is precisely because education is the road to equality and citizenship, that it has been made more elusive for Negroes than many other…

— Martin Luther King, Jr