Stokely Carmichael

Kwame Ture ( ; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941November 15, 1998) was a Trinidadian-American activist. He had a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the pan-African movement. He lead the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and then became the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party. He was a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP)."Freedom Riders  Meet the Players: Movement Leaders  Stokely Carmichael" biography, American Experience, PBS, Retrieved April 8, 2011.

Ture died of prostate cancer on November 15, 1998 at the age of 57 in Conakry, Guinea.Kaufman, Michael T. "Stokely Carmichael, Rights Leader Who Coined 'Black Power', Dies at 57", The New York Times, November 16, 1998. Accessed March 27, 2008. Archived on June 28, 2023.

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