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. John Henrik Clarke brilliantdamndegree Change image and share on social
Nothing the European mind ever devised was meant to do anything but to facilitate the European's control over the world. John Henrik Clarke controldeviseeuropean Change image and share on social
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 bradleycaddiedwight Change image and share on social
In the United States, the Supreme Court's decision of 1954, outlawing segregation in school systems, was greeted with mixed feelings of hope and skepticism by African-Americans. John Henrik Clarke africanamericancourt Change image and share on social
When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one day I would be a writer. I heard her, but I knew that I had to leave Georgia, and unlike my friend Ray Charles, I did not go around with 'Georgia on My Mind.' John Henrik Clarke charleconvinceday share on social
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 areacarsonclarke share on social
The first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa. John Henrik Clarke africacivilizationconsciousness Change image and share on social
