The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the … - John Henrik Clarke

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My faith is that I don't believe in fate! We are not puppets or zombies of destiny. We are the main painters of our life's canvas.

John Henrik Clarke

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.

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I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began.

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I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair.

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Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is nationhood.

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To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed.

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