Carter G. Woodson (Carter Godwin Woodson) Quotes

In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation.

Carter G. Woodson

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• Black
• Economic
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• In schools of theology Negroes are taught the interpretation of the Bible worked out by those who have justified segregation and winked at the economic debasement of the Negro at times almost to the point of starvation.

  

  Carter G. Woodson
  • School
  • Black
  • Economic