When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
If you expect the present day school system to give history to you, you are dreaming. This, we have to do ourselves.… — 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
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
In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope… — 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
