Our great Master Teacher on whose shoulders we stand: Dr. John Henrik Clarke - Dr. Clarke was an adviser and personal friend to both Kwame Nkrumah and Malcolm X with whom he was instrumental in drafting the charter for the Organization of Afro-American Unity founded in New York City in 1964. Quotes by Dr. John H. Clarke: “My main point here is that if you are the child of God and God is a part of you, then in your imagination God suppose to look like you. And when you accept a picture of the deity assigned to you by another people, you become the spiritual prisoners of that other people.” “I think every person that calls themselves a leader, a preacher, a policy maker of any kind should ask and answer the question in his own life time, how will my people stay on this earth? How will they be educated? How will they be schooled? How will they be housed? And how will they be defended? The answer to these questions will create the concept of enduring nationhood because it creates the concept of enduring responsibility. I am saying whatever the solution is, either we are in charge of our own destiny or we are not in charge. On that point we got to be clear, you either free or you a slave.” “Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people they oppress … because once you are truly educated, you will not ASK for power you will TAKE it.” – Africans at the Crossroads: African World Revolution, 1992 atlantablackstar/2014/07/16/10-facts-may-know-dr-john-henrik-clarke/6/
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