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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.

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

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

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

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