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
History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad's message made a whole lot of people feel whole again, human being again. Some of them came… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
African people need to stop shouting 'nationtime' until they are clear about the responsibilities of running a nation. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
What has been imposed on religion is not religion itself but the custom of those who have been converted to it. I… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that… — 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
I say if black people don't unite and begin to support themselves, their communities and their families, they might as well begin… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
White people think when you love yourself you hate them. No, when I love myself they become irrelevant to me. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
If people do not know where they have been and what they have been they don't know what they are. They don't… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
People rise and fall on the basis of the makings of institutions. — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm one of the people who believes that our losses were greater than our gains. Because before the Civil Rights movement we… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
People get overwhelmed with folklore as fact. Take the Exodus. The Exodus did not occur. It could not have occurred. Wasn't necessary… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
All the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
The Europeans not only colonialized most of the world, they began to colonialize information about the world and its people. In order… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
Most human behavior is controlled by images. Image is a factor in how people look at themselves and what they use to… — 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
