Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes

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 being exterminated.

Carter G. Woodson

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• 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 being exterminated.

  

  Carter G. Woodson
  • World
  • History
  • Race