Tag Archives: 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

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. John Henrik Clarke

I caddied for Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley long before they became generals or president, for that matter. Just between you and me, Bradley tipped better than Eisenhower did. 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

Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world. John Henrik Clarke

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states. John Henrik Clarke

Malcolm X found the language that communicated across the board, from college professor to floor sweeper, all at the same time, without demeaning the intellect of either. John Henrik Clarke

As the eldest son of an Alabama sharecropper family, I was constantly troubled by a collage of North American southern behaviors and notions in reference to the inhumanity of people. There were questions that I did not know how to ask but could, in my young, unsophisticated way, articulate a series of answers. John Henrik […]

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 […]

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. John Henrik Clarke