"Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history."
-Carter G. Woodson
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"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.“
-Carter G. Woodson
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