No man knows what he can do until he tries. Author: Carter G. Woodson Copy Quote More from Carter G. Woodson “If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negli…” “At this moment, then, the Negroes must begin to do the very thing which they ha…” “As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black …” “If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him in…”