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John Henrik Clarke was a renowned writer, born on June 1, 1915, and passed away on July 16, 1998. His works primarily focused on African history and culture, which had a profound impact on academic research and public awareness in the subsequent era.

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“To make one people better than the other would be ungodly in the first place.”

People Firsts Would Be

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“The southern white Baptists now want to integrate with the black Baptist church. I say that would be the end of it. In the first place, most white southern Baptists can't preach, their intentions are not that good and we make a different joyful noise unto the Lord than white people. When we say, "Lord Jesus, personal savior", we may not mean the same thing as what they mean.”

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“A good teacher, like a good entertainer first must hold his audience's attention, then he can teach his lesson.”

“To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.”

People Firsts Oppression Supposed To Be Convince Oppressed Oppressors

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“When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations were old before Europe was born.”

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Book:African people in world history

Source: African people in world history

“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.”

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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.”

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“To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And when your conqueror makes you ashamed of your culture and your history, he needs no prison walls and no chains to hold you.”

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“The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.”

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About the Author

Born: June 1, 1915
Died: July 16, 1998
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 142

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Africans at the crossroads: notes for an African world revolutionRelated source material

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Christopher Columbus & the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery & the Rise of European CapitalismRelated source material

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