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History, Consciousness, Power Amos Wilson states: "To manipulate history is to manipulate consciousness; to manipulate consciousness is to manipulate possibilities; and to manipulate possibilities is to manipulate power" (The Falsification of Afrikan Consciousness, 1993, p.2). Indeed, those who write the history have power over those who passively accept a perpetuated history. Carter G. Woodson stated that one does not have to worry about a man's actions if one controls the way he thinks. If the oppressors control the telling and stories of history, then they need not worry about those who...
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