I have gone up in the Pyramids and the stones are so close together you can't force a playing card between them and (they are) in perfect alignment. So those people must have had some hydraulics or something. You take 20 men, put them around a big stone, their legs would get in the way. Even if they could lift it, 20 pairs of legs hitting against each other would throw it off balance. And they would not have it in exact alignment. Not even a fraction of an inch off.
John Henrik ClarkeAll the working-class people could feel a Malcolm X. They could hear Malcolm X, and two weeks later they could whisper back what he said. Verbatim. They could remember the way he put it, and he put it so well.
John Henrik ClarkeIf I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.
John Henrik ClarkeThe white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had.
John Henrik ClarkeIn Africa, the woman was co-equal. In Europe, the woman was a vassal. To some extent, she still is.
John Henrik ClarkeWe have different levels of slavery. We've got educational slavery. All the major religions of the world, even Christianity and Islam, are engaged in some form of servitude of people. I don't look favorably on either one although I think properly practiced all religions are basically good.
John Henrik Clarke