You must give your own story to the world.

- Carter G. Woodson

Our most widely known scholars have been trained in universities outside of the South.

- Carter G. Woodson

We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the w…

- Carter G. Woodson

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

- Carter G. Woodson

The mere imparting of information is not education. Above all things, the effort must result in making a man think and do for himself.

- Carter G. Woodson

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 b…

- Carter G. Woodson

If you can control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his action. When you determine what a man shall think you do not have to concern y…

- Carter G. Woodson

For me, education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and make it better.

- Carter G. Woodson

The oppressor has always indoctrinated the weak with his interpretation of the crimes of the strong.

- Carter G. Woodson