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John Henrik Clarke

American Author

Born: Jan 1, 1915

Died: Jul 16, 1998

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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. John Henrik Clarke

Love Family Mother Father Own Rich White Once Willie Would Clarke Dreamed Folks John Area Writer Never Columbus Understood Georgia Owning Where Mays Poor Land Lived Ella

The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community did not come easily. Slavery ended and left its false images of black people intact. John Henrik Clarke

Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad's message made a whole lot of people feel whole again, human being again. Some of them came out and found a new meaning to their manhood and their womanhood. John Henrik Clarke

I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not spend much formal time in school - I had to work. John Henrik Clarke

Work Time History School First Before Spend Had Taking Well Course Am Foremost Did Nationalist Formal Much Grounded Ever

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

Other Presidents States Kings Heads Queens Walked

When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African colonies. Marcus Garvey's avocation of African redemption and the restoration of the African state's sovereign political entity in world affairs was still a dream without fulfillment. John Henrik Clarke

World Political State Dream India Restoration Rising Entity Colonies Empire Redemption Without Still Affairs Role Expectations Sovereign Died African Being Fulfillment World Affairs Challenged Her British British Empire

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

Me You Better Matter Long Before President Generals Between Became Than Did Just Dwight Eisenhower Omar

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. John Henrik Clarke

History People Nineteenth Nineteenth Century Vantage Vantage Point Point Point Of View Look Years Historians Began Closing African-American Century View

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