There has been a struggle to reclaim the African self. That struggle has been on the part of a minority of dedicated African-Americans who never gave up our African identity at no time during our stay here.
John Henrik ClarkeYou walk out in the street, we don't know if we're going to get across. It's a test.
John Henrik ClarkeIf the Africans and Arabs were ruling Spain from 711 to 1492, had they destroyed the Catholic church, they still would be ruling Spain to this day because that's the institution that held them together. The institute that gave them the only hope was their church. This is why we are so depressed because the institutions of hope that would cause fulfillment amongst us has either been destroyed or laughed at.
John Henrik ClarkeMan's attitude towards the universe and his opinion of the universe predates the scientific probe of the universe.
John Henrik Clarke