SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Stokely Carmichael

1941 - 1998

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Kwame Ture (; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998) was an American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad in the Caribbean, 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, and last as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP). Carmichael was one of the original SNCC freedom riders of 1961 under Diane Nash's leadership. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stokely Carmichael is the 135th most popular social activist (up from 498th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (up from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Trinidadian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Stokely Carmichael ranks 135 out of 840. Before him are Kang Pan-sok, Alexander Parvus, Steve Biko, Vasil Levski, Bugsy Siegel, and Hans Scholl. After him are Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Emilie Schindler, Kasturba Gandhi, Al-Mu'tazz, Mordechai Anielewicz, and Yelena Bonner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Stokely Carmichael ranks 85. Before him are Ray Tomlinson, David Gross, Princess Muna al-Hussein, Roberto Carlos, Navi Pillay, and Paul Bremer. After him are Ed Bradley, Cass Elliot, Mohamed Ghannouchi, Linda McCartney, Alfred G. Gilman, and Franco Columbu. Among people deceased in 1998, Stokely Carmichael ranks 35. Before him are Kenichi Fukui, Nizar Qabbani, Julien Green, Helen Wills, Kunitaka Sueoka, and Alfred Schnittke. After him are Otto Kretschmer, Agostino Casaroli, Alan J. Pakula, Linda McCartney, Lúcio Costa, and André Weil.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Stokely Carmichael ranks 3 out of 71. Before him are Nicki Minaj (1982), and V. S. Naipaul (1932). After him are Amanda (null), Haddaway (1965), Dwight Yorke (1971), George Maxwell Richards (1931), Billy Ocean (1950), Paula-Mae Weekes (1958), Keith Rowley (1949), David Jenkins (1952), and Stephen Mallory (1813).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Trinidad and Tobago

Among social activists born in Trinidad and Tobago, Stokely Carmichael ranks 1. After him are Stephen Mallory (1813).

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