All John Henrik Clarke Quotes
- Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will… Afford
- Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on… All
- A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson. Attention
- My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, the in your imagination God… Accept
- To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed. Convince
- I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted… African
- A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother. Child
- What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no… Brilliant
- History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of… Clock
- Anytime you turn on your own concept of God, you are no longer a free man. No one needs to put chains on your body,… Anytime
- Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this… African
- Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. Become Known
- Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world. Control
- All the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back what he said.… All
- In order to have a charismatic leader, you have to have a charismatic program. Because if you have a charismatic program, then if you can… Bury
- The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans… According
- I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair. African
- The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest. African
- There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.' Africa
- Africa and its people are the most written about and the least understood of all of the world's people. This condition started in the 15th… Africa