To make one people better than the other would be ungodly in the first place. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
The southern white Baptists now want to integrate with the black Baptist church. I say that would be the end of it.… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course.… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
My daddy wanted me to be a farmer; feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
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… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in your imagination… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Service is the highest form of prayer as far as I am concerned. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
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… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
What we might have been dealing with here - with the building of the Pyramids - is an age that got lost. Man had… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
History is a compass that you locate yourself on the map of human geography, politically, culturally, financially. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
