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Stokely Carmichael Civil rights activist and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Power movement Stokely Carmichael, 1968.

Stokely Carmichael

West-Indian-born civil rights activist
Also known as: Kwame Ture
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Stokely Carmichael (born June 29, 1941, Port of Spain, Trinidad—died November 15, 1998, Conakry, Guinea) was a West-Indian-born civil rights activist, leader of Black nationalism in the United States in the 1960s and originator of its rallying slogan, “Black Power.” Carmichael immigrated to New York City in 1952, attended high school in the Bronx, and enrolled at Howard University in 1960. There he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Nonviolent Action Group....

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