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The role of religions in the domination and destruction of African civilizations was ruthless... Islam was as guilty as all the rest. (John Henrik Clarke)
I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie Ella Mays Clarke, was a washerwoman for poor white folks in the area of Columbus, Georgia where the writer Carson McCullers once lived. View quote
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I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states. View quote
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There are some long silences in Scandinavian and some Japanese films, when the audience knows action is taking place, but the audience hears no action. View quote
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My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together. View quote
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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. Verbatim. They could remember the way he put it, and he put it so well. View quote
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My daddy wanted me to be a farmer; feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in my town to own land. But, I was worried about my history being caked with that southern clay, and I subscribed to a different kind of teaching and learning in my bones and in my spirit. View quote
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I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not spend much formal time in school - I had to work. View quote
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If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials. View quote
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Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome. View quote
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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.' (John Henrik Clarke)
Anytime someone says your God is ugly and you release your God and join their God, there is no hope for your freedom until you once more believe in your own concept of the 'deity.' View quote
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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 European conflict. Marcus Garvey's prophecy about the European scramble to maintain dominance over the whole world was now a reality. View quote
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When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would be a writer. I heard her, but I knew that I had to leave Georgia, and unlike my friend Ray Charles, I did not go around with 'Georgia on My Mind.' View quote
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In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view. View quote
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In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope and skepticism by African-Americans. View quote
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John Henrik Clarke

Occupation: American Author
Born: January 1, 1915
Died: July 16, 1998
Quotes count: 41