Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 29. Juni 1941 |
Geburtsort | History_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago |
Todesort | Conakry |
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Beschreibung | Kwame Ture (/ˈkwɑːmeɪ ˈtʊəreɪ/; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998) was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science. He was a key leader in the development of the Black Power movement, first while leading the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), then as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and last as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). |
There is a higher law than the law of government. That's the law of conscience.
The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then.
We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.
Now, then, in order to understand white supremacy we must dismiss the fallacious notion that white people can give anybody their freedom.
The secret of life is to have no fear it's the only way to function.
