Black History Month, Kwame Ture ( Stokley Carmichael):" A Man Is Born Free"

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During this Black History Month, we will be highlighting , Caribbean citizens, and others with Caribbean roots, who have contributed to the Civil Rights movement and other struggles, of our Afro American brothers and sisters. Today, we feature Kwame Ture (Stokley Carmichael) who was born in Trinidad and Tobago.
The former civil rights warrior died in Guinea in 1998 at age 57, of prostate cancer. And while he's no longer a household name in most places, Peniel Joseph says, Stokely Carmichael's legacy is the very notion of black power, "which was enormously successful in redefining the contours of African-American identity but also race relations in the United States — and globally."  Stokley Carmichael quotes:


                                                 " It is a call for black people in this country to unite, to recognize their heritage, to build a sense of community. It is a call for black people to define their own goals, to lead their own organizations."

"The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function." 


                              "The first need of a free people is to define their own terms."

"The masses don't shed their blood for the benefit of a few individuals."I knew that I could vote and that that wasn't a privilege; it was my right. Every time I tried I was shot, killed or jailed, beaten or economically deprived."

             "We are revolutionaries." 

 

 

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