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- NAME: Stokely Carmichael
- OCCUPATION: Civil Rights Activist
- BIRTH DATE: June 29, 1941
- DEATH DATE: November 15, 1998
- EDUCATION: Howard University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- PLACE OF DEATH: Conakry, Guinea
- Originally: Kwame Toure
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Stokely Carmichael was a Trinidadian-American political activist, best known as the leader of the civil rights group SNCC in the 1960s.
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Stokely Carmichael - Civil Rights Speech
Watch a speech given by civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael in Greenwood, Mississippi on March 12, 1964 for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Political Activism in Harlem
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, the Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, discusses famous figures who contributed to the history of political activism in Harlem.
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An inspired orator, persuasive essayist, effective organizer and expansive thinker, Carmichael stands out as one of the preeminent figures of the American civil rights movement. His tireless spirit and radical outlook are perhaps best captured by the greeting with which he answered his telephone until his dying day: "Ready for the revolution!"
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