- Born
- Died
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- Kwame Ture
- Stokely Carmichael was born on January 29, 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]. He was married to Marlyatou Barry and Miriam Makeba. He died on November 15, 1998 in Conakry, Guinea.
- SpousesMarlyatou Barry(1980 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Miriam Makeba(April 1968 - 1978) (divorced)
- ChildrenBokar
- ParentsAdolphus CarmichaelMabel R. Carmichael
- RelativesLynette Carmichael(Sibling)Janeth Carmichael(Sibling)Judith Carmichael(Sibling)
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 98-99. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Graduated from Howard University with a degree in philosophy in 1964.
- Was a Freedom Rider.
- Son: Bokar (b. 1981).
- Brother of Lynette Carmichael, Janeth Carmichael, and Judith Carmichael.
- [after being arrested during a protest march on June 1966] The only way we gonna stop them white men from whuppin' us is to take over. We been saying freedom for six years and we ain't got nothin'. What we gonna start sayin' now is Black Power!
- [on women in the civil rights movement] The only position for women in the movement is prone.
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