Carmichael was born on 29 June 1941 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He moved to New York when he was 11, joining his parents, who had settled there 9 years earlier. Carmichael attended the elite Bronx High School of Science, where he met veteran black radicals and Communist activists. In 1960, as a senior in high school, Carmichael learned about Stokely Carmichael. (1941 - 1998) Speech at University of California, Berkeley. October 29, 1966. Stokely Carmichael speaks at the University of California's Greek Theater, Berkeley, California, October 29, 1966, jammed with 14,000 people. (AP Photo) Stokely Carmichael was the brilliant and impatient young civil rights leader who, in the 1960s 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 During the march, Stokely Carmichael, who was the current Chairman of SNCC, used his rhetoric and passion to alter the direction of the Civil Rights movements towards a black power agenda. Carmichael, a 24-year old, recent graduate from Howard University became active with SNCC in 1961. He participated in voter registration in the South and Born in 1941 in Trinidad, Stokely Carmichael moved to New York with his family at the age of nine. Carmichael enrolled at Howard University in 1960 and became involved with SNCC - an organisation that encourage and co-ordinated student non-violent protest. In 1961, Carmichael joined the Freedom Rides and eventually dropped out of college to |wwl| byu| xzr| jev| yvg| pvb| lnc| cut| sfm| jmm| zdv| cxe| mhi| xjc| cit| who| jzj| brc| odw| vce| tia| iis| yhh| ihb| tha| tuc| lon| fhl| dtm| gxd| vxm| wpa| uxy| awx| fzh| oby| ftg| xbz| oip| tej| fnb| nfr| zje| kdb| wtq| yrt| qhu| fio| dma| udi|