The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa.
John Henrik ClarkeTo be black and beautiful means nothing in this world unless we are black and powerful.
John Henrik ClarkeShe was not a white woman. She was not a Greek... Until the emergence of the doctrine of white superiority, Cleopatra was generally pictured as a distinctly African woman, dark in color.
John Henrik ClarkeI 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