On this day in 1941, Stokely Carmichael was born - Mississippi Today

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Saturday, June 29, 2024

JUNE 29, 1941

Credit: Library of Congress, Courtesy of Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development

Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Ture, was born. Inspired by the sit-ins in the South, he joined the civil rights movement and became a Freedom Rider. Arrested in Jackson,

He became a leader in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, replacing John Lewis, and popularized the term “black power.” The phrase became a movement, and he became known as “honorary prime minister” of the Black Panther Party. He died of prostate cancer in 1998.

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