John Henrik Clarke Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“The rise of African nations concurrent with the spread of the Nation of Islam and the civil rights movement gave black America a burst of pride over and above anything they had had since the decline of the movement of Marcus Garvey.”

“I understood that my family was rich in love but would probably never own the land my father, John, dreamed of owning. My mother, Willie Ella Mays Clarke, was a washerwoman for poor white folks in the area of Columbus, Georgia where the writer Carson McCullers once lived.”

“In the closing years of the nineteenth century, African-American historians began to look at their people's history from their vantage point and their point of view.”

“There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Africa as, 'The Land Of The Burnt-Face People.'”

“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.”

“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.”

“I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.”