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Article: Carmichael, Stokely 1941-
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CARMICHAEL, STOKELY 1941-
Chairman, sncc, 1966-1967; prime minister,black panther party, 1968-1969
Evolution of an Activist
In the course of one decade Stokely Carmichael evolved from a nonviolent civil rights activist to a black revolutionary to an ardent Pan-Africanist.
Background
Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, Carmichael immigrated to Harlem, in New York City, when he was eleven and attended the Bronx High School of Science before enrolling at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in 1960. There he joined a group affiliated with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and took part every weekend in sit-ins and demonstrations to protest segregation in the Washington ...