John Henrik Clarke
John Henrik Clarke
Dr. John Henrik Clarke, was a Pan-Africanist writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth1 January 1915
CountryUnited States of America
responsibility generations earth
Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is nationhood.
dark color white
She was not a white woman. She was not a Greek... Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was generally pictured as a distinctly African woman, dark in color.
white hair political
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.
records missionary foreigners
It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best record of their history written by local writers.
memories pride race
I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories.
men justice ignorant
It is not uncommon for ignorant and corrupt men to falsely charge others with doing what they imagine they themselves, in their narrow minds and experience, would have done under the circumstances.
school sunday long
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 the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began.
experience trash-cans instruments
Everything that touches YOUR life, must be an instrument of YOUR liberation or tossed into the trash cans of HISTORY
men mind body
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, because the chains are on your mind.
civilization islam roles
The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest.
devil life-is hell
Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.
education teacher teaching
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.
people firsts oppression
To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.
debate teach
I only debate my equals. All others I teach.