Carter G. Woodson Quote

Most historians know practically nothing about the Negroes in Africa prior to their enslavement and there has been little systematic effort to study them... The fact is that we know less about Africa than about any other part of the world.


The Negro in Our History, 9th ed. (1947)


Most historians know practically nothing about the Negroes in Africa prior to their enslavement and there has been little systematic effort to study...

Most historians know practically nothing about the Negroes in Africa prior to their enslavement and there has been little systematic effort to study...

Most historians know practically nothing about the Negroes in Africa prior to their enslavement and there has been little systematic effort to study...

Most historians know practically nothing about the Negroes in Africa prior to their enslavement and there has been little systematic effort to study...