The Mis-education Of The Negro (chapter 2) by Dr. Carter G.Woodson
He (the Negro former slave) was spending his time studying about the things which had been or might be, but he was learning little to help him to do better the tasks at hand.
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 4) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
Real education means to inspire people to live more abundantly, to learn to begin with life as they find it and to make it better, but the instruction so far given Negros in collages and universities has worked to the contrary. In most cases such graduates have merely increased the number of Malcontents who offer no program for changing the undesirable conditions about which they complain. One should rely upon protest only when it is supported by a constructive program.
Ruth and Boaz Game
Bible Story
The Mis-Education of the Negro (Chapter 6) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
"While serving as the avenue for the oppressors propaganda, the Negro church although doing some good, has prevented the union of some diverse elements and has kept the race too weak to overcome foes who have purposely taught Negros how to quarrel and fight about trifles until their enemies can overcome them." - Dr. Carter G. Woodson
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 7") by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
"It is very clear, then if Negroes got their conception of religion from slaveholders, libertines, and murderers there may be something wrong about it, and it would not hurt to investigate it. It has been said that the Negroes do not connect morals with religion. The historian would like to know what race or nation does such a thing. Certainly the whites with whom the Negroes have come into contact have not done so.
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO (Chapter 8) by Dr. Carter G. Woodson
For six months this simple transaction was delayed and the Negro Lawyer could not induce the white attorney to act. The author finally went to the office himself to complain of the delay. The white attorney frankly declared that he has not taken up the matter because he did not care to meet with a Negro attorney; but he could deal with the author, who happened to be at that time the teacher of a Negro school, and was, therefore, in his place.
UP FROM SLAVERY (Chapter 3) by Booker T. Washington
'I swept the recitation-room three times. Then I got a dusting-cloth and dusted it four times. All the woodwork around the walls, every bench, table, and desk, I went over four times with my dusting-cloth. .....I reported to the head teacher. She was a "Yankee" woman who knew just where to look for dirt. ... When she was unable to find one bit of dirt on the floor, or a particle of dust on any of the furniture, she ... remarked, "I guess you will do to enter this institution." -B. T. Washington
UP FROM SLAVERY (Chapter 4) by Booker T. Washington
Before going there I ...[thought] to secure an education meant to have a good, easy time, free from all necessity for manual labour. At Hampton I ... learned that it was not a disgrace to labour, but learned to love labour, ...for labour's own sake. ...I got my first taste of what it meant to live a life of unselfishness, my first knowledge of the fact that the happiest individuals are those who do the most to make others useful and happy.
UP FROM SLAVERY (Chapter 8) by Booker T. Washington
All these ideas and needs crowded themselves upon us with a seriousness that seemed well-nigh overwhelming...We had only the little old shanty and the abandoned church which the good coloured people of the town of Tuskegee had kindly loaned us for the accommodation of the classes. ... we saw that our efforts were reaching, to only a partial degree, the actual needs of the people whom we wanted to lift up through the medium of the students whom we should educate and send out as leaders.
UP FROM SLAVERY (Chapter 9) by Booker T. Washington
As soon as the plans were drawn for the new building, the students began digging out the earth where the foundations were to be laid, working after the regular classes were over... I noted with satisfaction that a sentiment in favour of work was gaining ground. After a few weeks of hard work the foundations were ready, and a day was appointed for the laying of the corner-stone.