Quotes having the keyword Negro
I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow.
by Henry Ossawa Tanner (Artist, American , born in 1859) keywords: advantage, believe, blood, caused, counts, great, humiliation, life, negro, sorrow, though , times Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior.
by Henry Ossawa Tanner (Artist, American , born in 1859) keywords: appreciation, artists, big, comic, dwells, exterior, heart, lacked, life, ludicrous, many, negro, only, represented, rough, seen, side, such, sympathy, warm , within I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact.
by Strom Thurmond (Politician, American , born in 1902) keywords: against, am, any, attest, did, fact, find, governor, help, leaders, more, negro, negroes, our, prejudiced, previous, state, than, think , will The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been satisfied and the butchery of negroes should have ceased.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: absolute, alleged, avoided, been, ceased, having, menace, mob, murder, negro, negroes, satisfied, should, spirit, suffrage, suppression, universal , vote The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: against, avails, become, character, city, dares, demonstrated, himself, his, man, memphis, negro, neither, nor, protect, rival, standing , white The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: against, commission, crime, crimes, ever, far, his, men, more, negro, race, suffered, than, through, white , women What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
by Ida B. Wells (Activist, American , born in 1862) keywords: accusing, becomes, capital, crime, deserving, matter, moment, negro, party, punishment, small, tables, turned , woman If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated.
by Paul Williams (born in 1939) keywords: allow, am, being, checkmate, defeated, fact, form, habit, inevitably, negro, now , will However the Southern man may have been master of the negro, there were compensatory processes whereby certain negroes were masters of their masters' children.
by John Sergeant Wise (Author, American , born in 1846) keywords: been, certain, children, however, man, master, masters, may, negro, negroes, processes, southern, their, were , whereby And thus goes segregation which is the most far-reaching development in the history of the Negro since the enslavement of the race.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: development, enslavement, far-reaching, goes, history, most, negro, race, segregation, since, thus , which If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: become, enough, eternally, fed, get, ghetto, hand, him, into, must, negro, never, out, pushes, strong , will If the white man wants to hold on to it, let him do so; but the Negro, so far as he is able, should develop and carry out a program of his own.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: able, carry, develop, far, him, his, hold, man, negro, out, own, program, should, wants , white Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: banks, because, business, cannot, deposits, failed, function, negro, own, pioneers, rule, sphere, taught, their , withdrew The so-called modern education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker peoples.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: because, been, conformity, defects, does, education, enslaved, good, however, modern, more, much, needs, negro, oppressed, others, out, peoples, so-called, than, those, weaker , worked The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: almost, book, class, enters, every, him, inferiority, into, negro, studies , thought This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: assumption, confined, deal, education, forces, fundamental, ghetto, leadership, life, make, matters, must, negro, possible, religion, social, such, then, these, things , uplift We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: accept, final, him, how, just, negro, overcome, segregation, show , teach