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When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.

— Carter G. Woodson The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

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The chief reason why so many give such a little attention to the background of the Negro is the belief that this study is unimportant.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

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

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

The average Negro has not been sufficiently mis-educated to become hopeless.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

History does not furnish a case of the elevation of a people by ignoring the thought and aspiration of the people thus served.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

The educational system as it has developed both in Europe and America an antiquated process which does not hit the mark even in the case of the needs of the white man himself.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (1933)

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