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I believe in doing good for good's sake.

John Henrik Clarke

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John Henrik Clarke
Age: 83 †
Born: 1915
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: July 16
Historian
Writer
Union Springs
Alabama
John Clarke
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Believe
Good

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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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People rise and fall on the basis of the makings of institutions.
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All life is a test one way or the other.
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Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors, and used as the framework to control their minds.
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The one thing you never integrate at the ruin of your own pleasure is your institutions.
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If we don't unite, chances are we will go back into slavery.
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Man's attitude towards the universe and his opinion of the universe predates the scientific probe of the universe.
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We're in a world of propaganda. Some of it is all to effective.
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I think many times we charge the Lord for things we can do ourselves. If only we realized how well we have been equipped.
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My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together.
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What I have learned is that a whole lot of people with degrees don't know a damn thing, and a lot of people with no degrees are brilliant.
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians left the best record of their history written by local writers.
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The white woman has never had the co-equal status that the African woman has had.
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If I lead the field in any way, it is in the area of curricula development, study guides and other teaching materials.
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The African had opinions about the universe that eventually turned out to be true.
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History is not everything, but it is a starting point. History is a clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is a compass they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. It tells them where they are but, more importantly, what they must be.
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My daddy wanted me to be a farmer feel the smoothness of Alabama clay and become one of the first blacks in my town to own land. But, I was worried about my history being caked with that southern clay, and I subscribed to a different kind of teaching and learning in my bones and in my spirit.
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No more religion anymore. No more who's a Moslem and who's a Protestant.
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Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.
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