You have to convince the adults that if a child is to learn his culture, he or she will have to see… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
My mother really held the family together. She was a perfect example of the kind of black woman I would love to… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning.… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I could pull all kinds of games on my mother. I couldn't pull any games on my father. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
If you struck your mother or your father, it was punishable by death because you struck at the whole society. You struck… — 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
