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Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-born American politician, human rights defender, activist, and revolutionary. Born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael in Port of Spain, he held citizenship in Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Guinea. He was educated at the Bronx High School of Science, Howard University, and the University of Toronto Mississauga.
Carmichael was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was named after Kwame Nkrumah and Ahmed Sékou Touré. He was married to Miriam Makeba and had two children. He died of prostate cancer in Conakry in 1998.
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Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Kwame Ture was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science.
Known for
- Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
- South to Black Power — Self2023
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self - Activist (archive footage)2021
- 70 Years of Youth Revolt — Self (archive footage)2020
- Helter Skelter: An American Myth — Self (archive footage)2020
- King in the Wilderness — Self (archive footage)2018
- Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) — Self2016
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 — Self (archive footage)2011
- Mama Africa — Self (archive footage)2011
- COINTELPRO 101 — Self (archive footage)2010
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- John Lewis
- Succeeded by
- H. Rap Brown
- Born
- Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael , ( 1941-06-29 ) June 29, 1941, Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
- Died
- November 15, 1998 (1998-11-15) (aged 57), Conakry , Guinea
- Spouse s
- Miriam Makeba ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1968 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1973 ) , Marlyatou Barry (divorced)
- Education
- Howard University ( BA )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kwame
- Family name
- Carmichael
- Named after
- Ahmed Sékou Touré
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Port of Spain
- Place of death
- Conakry
- Spouse
- Miriam Makeba
- Occupation
- revolutionary
- Educated at
- Bronx High School of Science
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Stokely Carmichael HS Yearbook.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Stokely Carmichael
- date of birth
- 1941-01-29
- date of death
- 1998-11-15
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael
- name
- Kwame Ture
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Encyclopedic overview
Kwame Ture (/ˈkwɑːmeɪ ˈtʊəreɪ/ KWAH-may TOOR-ay; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998) was a Trinidadian and American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he moved to the United States at age 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science. Ture was a key leader in the development of the Black Power movement, first while leading the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), then as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party and as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP).
Carmichael was one of the original SNCC Freedom Riders of 1961 under Diane Nash's leadership. He became a major voting rights activist in Mississippi and Alabama after being mentored by Ella Baker and Bob Moses. Like most young people in the SNCC, he became disillusioned with the two-party system after the 1964 Democratic National Convention failed to recognize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party as official delegates from the state. Carmichael eventually decided to develop independent all-black political organizations, such as the Lowndes County Freedom Organization and, for a time, the national Black Panther Party. Inspired by Malcolm X's example, he articulated a philosophy of black power, and popularized it both by provocative speeches and more sober writings. The author Richard Wright is credited with coining the phrase in his 1954 book Black Power.
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