John Henrik Clarke (RIP) was born in Union Springs, Alabama on New Years Day, 1915 and died in 1998. He was a Professor-Emeritus and one of the greatest scholars of World history. His expertise on African History has earned him the title of "The Grand Master" (of African History). As he said in his biography titled " A Great And Mighty Walk", Dr. Clarke noticed that although many bible stories "unfolded in Africa, I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons," he wrote in 1985. "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." That search took him to libraries, museums, attics, archives and collections in Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America and Africa.

What he found was that the history of black people is worldwide; that "the first light of human consciousness and the world's first civilizations were in Africa"; that the so called Dark Ages were dark only for Europe and that some African nations at the time were larger than any in Europe; that as Africa sends its children to Europe to study because that is where the best universities are, early Greece once sent its children to Africa to study because that was where the best universities were; and that slavery, although devastating was neither the beginning nor the end of Black people's impact on the world.


While he was teaching at Hunter College in New York and at Cornell University in the 1980's, Clarke's lesson plans became well known for their thoroughness. They are so filled with references and details that the Schomburg Library in Harlem asked for copies. Clarke plans to provide them, he said, "so that 50 years from now, when people have a hard time locating my grave, they won't have a hard time locating my lessons."

The question of who exactly is a Jew is a very touchy subject whose impact in world religions and politics can not be over-emphasized.  So lets hear it out (on youtube) from the  Grand Master who had dedicated more than 60 years of research into this touchy subject. Your objective comment on this subject is also very welcome!


Youtube Videos:

Who Exactly Is A Jew? Dr. John Henrik Clarke Pt. 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbMvSdGloW0&feature=related

Who Exactly Is A Jew? Dr. John Henrik Clarke Pt. 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Vw4LtbyGM&feature=related

Who Exactly Is A Jew? Dr. John Henrik Clarke Pt. 3:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8nu3kqcb30&feature=related

Who Exactly Is A Jew? Dr. John Henrik Clarke Pt. 4:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN8G9f0uU3s&feature=related