Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes

This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.

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• This crusade is much more important than the anti- lynching movement, because there would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom.

  

  Carter G. Woodson
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