Stokely Carmichael Politician

Gender: Male
Citizenship: United States
Born: Jun 29, 1941
Died: Nov 15, 1998

Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-American activist active in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and later, the global Pan-African movement. Growing up in the United States from the age of eleven, he graduated from Howard University and rose to prominence in the civil rights and Black Power movements, first as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, later as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party, and finally as a leader of the All-African Peoples Revolutionary Party.

We were aware of the fact that death walks hand in hand with struggle. death

Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks. society

Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom. freedom

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy. courage

The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then. knowledge

The secret of life is to have no fear it's the only way to function. fear

Black power can be clearly defined for those who do not attach the fears of white America to their questions about it. power

There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience. government

Stokely Carmichael Politician

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025