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{{Infobox politician|name=Kwame Ture|image_size=200|caption=Portrait of Kwame Ture|birth_name=Stokely Carmichael|birth_date=June 29, 1941|birth_place=Port of Spain, British Trinidad and Tobago|death_date=November 15, 1998 (Age 57)|death_place=Conakry, Guinea|death_cause=Prostate Cancer|nationality=Guinean|political_orientation=[[Communism|Communsim]]<br>Nkrumahism <small>(developed what is now known as Nkrumahism-Toureism-Cabralism)</small><br>[[Scientific Socialism]]<br>[[Pan-Africanism|Pan-Africanism]]|political_party=Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee<br>Black Panther Party<br>Democratic Party of Guinea - African Democratic Rally<br>All-African People's Revolutionary Party|image=Kwame Ture portrait.jpg}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Kwame Ture|image_size=200|caption=Portrait of Kwame Ture|birth_name=Stokely Carmichael|birth_date=June 29, 1941|birth_place=Port of Spain, British Trinidad and Tobago|death_date=November 15, 1998 (Age 57)|death_place=Conakry, Guinea|death_cause=Prostate Cancer|nationality=Guinean|political_orientation=[[Communism|Communsim]]<br>Nkrumahism <small>(developed what is now known as Nkrumahism-Toureism-Cabralism)</small><br>[[Scientific Socialism]]<br>[[Pan-Africanism|Pan-Africanism]]|political_party=Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee<br>Black Panther Party<br>Democratic Party of Guinea - African Democratic Rally<br>All-African People's Revolutionary Party|image=Kwame Ture portrait.jpg}} | ||
Kwame Ture, born Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights organizer and founder of the Black Power movement.<ref>[https:// | Kwame Ture, born Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights organizer and founder of the Black Power movement.<ref name=":0">[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjnEKAEZZ-JpbkDDW3HDxkfjDXttVDdQ/view Ready For Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)]</ref> | ||
== Early Life == | |||
On June 29th, 1941; Stokely Carmichael was born in his father's house in the city of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. His father, Adolphus Carmichael, was a carpenter and had built the house in which he and his family resided in. His mother, In 1944, his mother, Mabel Carmichael, who was born in the US Panama Canal Zone, would move to the United States due to tensions with her in-laws. Two years later his father would join her in Harlem, leaving Stokely to be raised by his grandmother and aunts in the house at Oxford Street.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
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Kwame Ture | |
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 Portrait of Kwame Ture | |
| Born | Stokely Carmichael June 29, 1941 Port of Spain, British Trinidad and Tobago |
| Died | November 15, 1998 (Age 57) Conakry, Guinea |
| Cause of death | Prostate Cancer |
| Nationality | Guinean |
| Political orientation | Communsim Nkrumahism (developed what is now known as Nkrumahism-Toureism-Cabralism) Scientific Socialism Pan-Africanism |
| Political party | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Black Panther Party Democratic Party of Guinea - African Democratic Rally All-African People's Revolutionary Party |
Kwame Ture, born Stokely Carmichael, was a prominent civil rights organizer and founder of the Black Power movement.[1]
Early Life
On June 29th, 1941; Stokely Carmichael was born in his father's house in the city of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. His father, Adolphus Carmichael, was a carpenter and had built the house in which he and his family resided in. His mother, In 1944, his mother, Mabel Carmichael, who was born in the US Panama Canal Zone, would move to the United States due to tensions with her in-laws. Two years later his father would join her in Harlem, leaving Stokely to be raised by his grandmother and aunts in the house at Oxford Street.[1]