Author: Kwame Ture
Alternate names: Stokely Carmichael
Born: 29 June 1941
Died: 15 November 1998
Bio: Kwame Ture was a Trinidad-born, u.s.-raised Pan-Africanist & revolutionary socialist. He first gained prominence under his birth name, Stokely Carmichael, as a civil rights activist with SNCC in the 1960s; his politics became revolutionary & internationalist with the emergence of the Black Power movement. From the late 1960s, he moved to Guinea-Conakry, formed the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), & changed his name to Kwame Ture in honor of [Kwame Nkrumah](/authors/OL267708A) & [Sékou Touré](/authors/OL480665A). He remained politically active up to his death; his co-authored book with [Charles V. Hamilton](/authors/OL643354A), *Black Power*, was [republished during his lifetime](/books/OL1746457M/) under his chosen name.