Full Name
Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture
Date of Birth
June 29, 1941
Place of Birth
Education
Carmichael enrolled as a philosophy major at Howard University in 1960.
Family
Carmichael was married to South African singer Miriam Makeba from 1968 to 1979[4].
Activism and Leadership
Stokely Carmichael 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[2].
Later Life and Name Change
Carmichael left the United States in 1969 and moved to [Guinea], [West Africa], with his first wife, [Miriam Makeba]. He changed his name to Kwame Ture in honor of two early proponents of Pan-Africanism, Ghanaian [Kwame Nkrumah] and Guinean [Sékou Touré] [4].
Sources
- The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute - Stokely Carmichael
- Wikipedia - Stokely Carmichael
- BlackPast - Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) (1941-1998)
- Britannica - Stokely Carmichael
- Biography.com - Stokely Carmichael
Citations: [1] https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/carmichael-stokely [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stokely_Carmichael [3] https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/carmichael-stokely-kwame-ture-1941-1998/ [4] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stokely-Carmichael [5] https://www.biography.com/activists/stokely-carmichael