--- title: "12 Black Quotes By John Henrik Clarke" description: "12 Black quotes by John Henrik Clarke. Plus more from John Henrik Clarke and more Black sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images_386147.png" --- > [Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images-of-black-people-intact/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images_386147.png) > [The white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/the-white-woman-has-never-had-the-co-equal-status-that-the-african/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/john-henrik-clarke-2865_african-women_the-white-woman-has-never-had-the-co-equ_2023822.png) > [To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/to-be-black-and-beautiful-means-nothing-in-this-world-unless-we-are/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/john-henrik-clarke-2865_beautiful_to-be-black-and-beautiful-means-nothing_1969046.png) > [It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/it-s-time-for-black-people-to-stop-playing-the-separating-game-of/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_it-s-time-for-black-people-to-stop-playi_1766362.png) > [The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/the-acceptance-of-the-facts-of-african-american-history-and-the/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/john-henrik-clarke-2865_academic_the-acceptance-of-the-facts-of-african-a_2754196.png) > [My mother really held the family together. She was a perfect example of the kind of black woman I would love to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/my-mother-really-held-the-family-together-she-was-a-perfect-example/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_my-mother-really-held-the-family-togethe_2242805.jpg) > [The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/the-rise-of-african-nations-concurrent-with-the-spread-of-the-nation/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/john-henrik-clarke-2865_above_the-rise-of-african-nations-concurrent-w_3153987.png) > [I say if black people don't unite and begin to support themselves, their communities and their families, they might as well begin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/i-say-if-black-people-don-t-unite-and-begin-to-support-themselves/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_i-say-if-black-people-don-t-unite-and-be_2417273.jpg) > [I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/i-want-to-make-it-clear-that-the-black-race-did-not-come-to-the/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/john-henrik-clarke-2865_and-love_i-want-to-make-it-clear-that-the-black-r_1045173.png) > [The southern white Baptists now want to integrate with the black Baptist church. I say that would be the end of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/the-southern-white-baptists-now-want-to-integrate-with-the-black/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/john-henrik-clarke-2865_baptists_the-southern-white-baptists-now-want-to_2097150.png) > [Our concept of beauty is taken from Hollywood, which is anti-black. We don't see ourselves as beautiful in most cases. Although we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/our-concept-of-beauty-is-taken-from-hollywood-which-is-anti-black-we/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_beautiful_our-concept-of-beauty-is-taken-from-holl_2586195.png) > [I'm one of the people who believes that our losses were greater than our gains. Because before the Civil Rights movement we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/i-m-one-of-the-people-who-believes-that-our-losses-were-greater-than/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_afternoon_i-m-one-of-the-people-who-believes-that_2671755.jpg) ## Other authors on Black ## More by John Henrik Clarke > [Had Elijah Muhammad tried to introduce an orthodox form of Arab-oriented Islam, I doubt if he would have attracted 500 people, but he introduced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/had-elijah-muhammad-tried-to-introduce-an-orthodox-form-of-arab/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in your imagination…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/my-main-point-here-is-that-if-you-are-the-child-of-god-and-god-is-a/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [Service is the highest form of prayer as far as I am concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/service-is-the-highest-form-of-prayer-as-far-as-i-am-concerned/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [Man's most intelligent age may have gotten lost in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/man-s-most-intelligent-age-may-have-gotten-lost-in-history/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/i-question-the-political-judgement-of-those-who-would-have-the-nerve/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/my-loving-sister-mary-has-always-shared-the-pain-and-pleasure-of-my/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/there-are-some-long-silences-in-scandinavian-and-some-japanese-films/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/when-i-was-able-to-go-to-school-in-my-early-years-my-third-grade/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [Violence among all people is based on dissatisfaction, frustration and crushed ambition and people who don't know who to strike at and who to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/violence-among-all-people-is-based-on-dissatisfaction-frustration-and/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [What we might have been dealing with here - with the building of the Pyramids - is an age that got lost. Man had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/what-we-might-have-been-dealing-with-here-with-the-building-of-the/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images-of-black-people-intact/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [History is a compass that you locate yourself on the map of human geography, politically, culturally, financially.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/history-is-a-compass-that-you-locate-yourself-on-the-map-of-human/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [You walk out in the street, we don't know if we're going to get across. It's a test.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/you-walk-out-in-the-street-we-don-t-know-if-we-re-going-to-get-across/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/nothing-the-european-mind-ever-devised-was-meant-to-do-anything-but/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) > [Break all the TVs, burn all the Bibles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/break-all-the-tvs-burn-all-the-bibles/) [John Henrik Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henrik-clarke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black/john-henrik-clarke/#itemlist", "name": "12 Black Quotes By John Henrik Clarke", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Henrik Clarke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images-of-black-people-intact/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images_386147.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images_386147.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3d/john-henrik-clarke-2865_black_slavery-ended-and-left-its-false-images_386147.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact” — John Henrik Clarke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Henrik Clarke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/the-white-woman-has-never-had-the-co-equal-status-that-the-african/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/john-henrik-clarke-2865_african-women_the-white-woman-has-never-had-the-co-equ_2023822.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/john-henrik-clarke-2865_african-women_the-white-woman-has-never-had-the-co-equ_2023822.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/john-henrik-clarke-2865_african-women_the-white-woman-has-never-had-the-co-equ_2023822.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had.” — John Henrik Clarke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Henrik Clarke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/to-be-black-and-beautiful-means-nothing-in-this-world-unless-we-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/john-henrik-clarke-2865_beautiful_to-be-black-and-beautiful-means-nothing_1969046.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/john-henrik-clarke-2865_beautiful_to-be-black-and-beautiful-means-nothing_1969046.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/185/john-henrik-clarke-2865_beautiful_to-be-black-and-beautiful-means-nothing_1969046.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.” — John Henrik Clarke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. 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When we say, \"Lord Jesus, personal savior\", we may not mean the same thing as what they mean.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Henrik Clarke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henrik-clarke/the-southern-white-baptists-now-want-to-integrate-with-the-black/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/john-henrik-clarke-2865_baptists_the-southern-white-baptists-now-want-to_2097150.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/john-henrik-clarke-2865_baptists_the-southern-white-baptists-now-want-to_2097150.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70e/john-henrik-clarke-2865_baptists_the-southern-white-baptists-now-want-to_2097150.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The southern white Baptists now want to integrate with the black Baptist church. 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