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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
Every form of true education trains the student in self-reliance
— John Henrik Clarke
Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world.
— John Henrik Clarke
A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.
— John Henrik Clarke
To be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.
— John Henrik Clarke
African people need to stop shouting 'nationtime' until they are clear about the responsibilities of running a nation.
— John Henrik Clarke
Whoever is in control of the hell in your life, is your devil.
— John Henrik Clarke
To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.
— John Henrik Clarke
If we are going to be masters of our destiny, we must be masters of the ideas that influence that destiny.
— John Henrik Clarke
Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth.
— John Henrik Clarke
Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each other as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon.
— Jonathan Safran Foer
A people's relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.
— John Henrik Clarke
Do Your Best Work
— Malcolm X
Europeans not only colonized most of the world, they colonized information about the world.
— John Henrik Clarke
I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.
— John Henrik Clarke
If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.
— John Henrik Clarke
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
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 degrees are brilliant.
— John Henrik Clarke
The silence of death, of the cemetery, was no punishment, but a reward for a life well lived.
— Caitlin Doughty
I've heard so many stories of young girls watching the Olympics and being inspired by it, and they want to do it now, and that's really cool.
— Allyson Felix
I only debate my equals. All others I teach.
— John Henrik Clarke
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.
— John Henrik Clarke
Egypt gave birth to what later would become known as 'Western Civilization,' long before the greatness of Greece and Rome.
— John Henrik Clarke