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.
John Henrik Clarke Quotes
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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| Birth: | 1st January, 1915 |
| Death: | 16th July, 1998 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian |
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John Henrik Clarke was born in Union Springs, Alabama, USA. He was an American historian, a pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies, and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s. He was a professor of Black and Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York from 1969 to 1986, where he served as founding chairman of the department. He founded the African Heritage Studies Association and the Black Caucus of the African Studies Association in 1968. He wrote several books include: Christopher Columbus & the Afrikan holocaust, African People in World History, Africans at the crossroads, My life in search of Africa, Who Betrayed the African World Revolution?, and Rebellion in Rhyme (with J. Clark).
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