John Henrik Clarke : (4)

" Africans in the United States must remember that the slave ships brought no West Indians, no Caribbeans, no Jamaicans or Trinidadians or Barbadians to this hemisphere. The slave ships brought only African people and most of us took the semblance of nationality from the places where slave ships dropped us off. " - John Henrik Clarke

" To hold a people in oppression you have to convince them first that they are supposed to be oppressed. " - John Henrik Clarke

" A people’s relationship to their heritage is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother. " - John Henrik Clarke

" When the early Europeans first met Africans, at the crossroads of history, it was a respectful meeting and the Africans were not slaves. Their nations were old before Europe was born. " - John Henrik Clarke