Carter G. Woodson: Quotes about history

Carter G. Woodson was African-American historian and writer. Explore interesting quotes on history.
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“The bondage of the Negro brought captive from Africa is one of the greatest dramas in history, and the writer who merely sees in that ordeal something to approve or condemn fails to understand the evolution of the human race.”

Carter G. Woodson book The Mis-Education of the Negro

Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro

“What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate, and religious prejudice.”

Carter G. Woodson

“The facts drawn from an experience of more than twenty years enable us to make certain deductions with respect to the study of the Negro. Only one Negro out of every ten thousand is interested in the effort to set forth what his race has thought and felt and attempted and accomplished that it may not become a negligible factor in the thought of the world. By traditions and education, however, the large majority of Negroes have become interested in the history and status of other races, and they spend millions annually to promote such knowledge. Along with this sum, of course, should be considered the large amount paid for devices in trying not to be Negroes.”

Carter G. Woodson book The Mis-Education of the Negro

Source: The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933), Chapter XVIII: The Study of the Negro