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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 47 quotes by John Henrik Clarke John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clark, January 1, 1915 – July 12, 1998), 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. Read full biography of John Henrik Clarke → 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson. 0 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 day. It is a... → 0 To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed. 0 Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people... → 0 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 take... → 0 We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity, and someone else's standard of beauty. You have the right to... → 0 Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. 0 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 are... → 0 When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African... → 0 A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother. 0 Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians... → 0 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 suppose to look like you. And when you... → 0 After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, the United States would enter, in a formal way, what had been up to that date strictly a... → 0 1 2 3 4 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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