12-31-2025 5:03am

January 1, 2026: John Henrik Clarke: Profile of A Columbus Historic Treasure

S RENEE GREENE Editor

Black Americans of like minds (Connoisseurs of Black History) come together on New Year's Day to give honor and respect to one of the world's greatest African/Black historians, teachers, and authors.

RSVP - 2 PM - VISIT DR. CLARKE'S GRAVESITE AT GREEN ACRES CEMETERY, COLUMBUS

RSVP - 4 PM - VIEW DR. CLARKE'S 1973 INTERVIEW ON TONY BROWN'S JOURNAL

John Henrik Clarke was a Pan-Africanist American writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Black and Africana studies. Professor Clarke made tremendous contributions to the studies of African and African-American history.

For more than six decades, he lectured on Black history all over the world, from community centers in Harlem to universities in Africa.

He wrote six books and edited or contributed to seventeen others. He helped found several important Black quarterly publications, frequently composed scholarly articles and pamphlets, and participated in several television productions.

In addition to his academic work, Clarke also wrote poetry and fiction, publishing more than fifty short stories during his lifetime.

As a teacher, Clarke strove to make his students understand the importance of learning their history as a way of understanding themselves.

1996 John Henrik Clarke Film Narrated by Actor Wesley Snipes

A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK

https://youtu.be/njdQzyQnHeg?s...

JOHNNIE WARNER

Founder Hammurabi Black History Institute, Israelite Priest / *Not affiliated with Hebrew Israelite movement / Past: Columbus Black History Museum and Archives