Stokley Carmichael (1972) | Kwame Ture
In a six-minute uncredited filmed interview, circa 1972, staged on the steps of the Montgomery State Capitol, Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998) looks back on events of the 1960s and discusses his political and social philosophy. The unidentified interviewer mentions that the Montgomery bus company had gone out of business "a few months ago." J. Mills Thornton in Dividing Lines (2002), 60, notes that National City Lines "ended its Montgomery operations in 1972." Hence the provisional date. -archive.org
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Kwame Ture (/ˈkwɑːmeɪ ˈtʊəreɪ/; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941 - November 15, 1998) was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, 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 (BPP), and last as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP).[1]
Carmichael was one of the original SNCC freedom riders of 1961 under Diane Nash's leadership. He became a major voting rights activist in Mississippi and Alabama after being mentored by Ella Baker and Bob Moses. Like most young people in the SNCC, he became disillusioned with the two-party system after the 1964 Democratic National Convention failed to recognize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party as official delegates from the state. Carmichael eventually decided to develop independent all-black political organizations, such as the Lowndes County Freedom Organization and, for a time, the national Black Panther Party. Inspired by Malcolm X's example, he articulated a philosophy of Black Power, and popularized it both by provocative speeches and more sober writings. Carmichael became one of the most popular and controversial Black leaders of the late 1960s. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, secretly identified Carmichael as the man most likely to succeed Malcolm X as America's "black messiah".[2] The FBI targeted him for personal destruction through its COINTELPRO program,[2] so Carmichael moved to Africa in 1968. He reestablished himself in Ghana, and then Guinea by 1969.[3] There he adopted the name Kwame Ture, and began campaigning internationally for revolutionary socialist Pan-Africanism.
Ture died of prostate cancer in 1998 at the age of 57. - Wikipedia
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He's one of my favorites we need to hear more about him
@empresserica
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed !
@jaibanks7151
2 жыл бұрын
Apt! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@rikkithomas9384
2 жыл бұрын
I agree 💯
His message is so relevant today
Kwame Ture 🥂
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@coffeebrown7056
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏽 You as well Sista Friend... Thank you ✊🏽
@melissaonorati2243
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lisa Stay Safe and Jesus Loves you!
@melissaonorati2243
2 жыл бұрын
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@lisawalls1007
2 жыл бұрын
@@melissaonorati2243 Thank you how thoughtful!! 😃
@lisawalls1007
2 жыл бұрын
@@coffeebrown7056 Thank you!!!😃
I can never forget the gr8 Kwame Ture he was one of the 1st black leaders I learned of when I begin my journey of self knowledge 12yrs ago *#LongLive*
'This is nothing personal against you. It is something historical. You can't swear freedom for others, yet still hold me in chains ⛓️.' - James Baldwin
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@the2ndcoming135
2 жыл бұрын
Oh okay😌
Brilliant man
His body of work is legendary " a brother through and through " intelligent ! He could draw you in and then teach .
@jaibanks7151
2 жыл бұрын
Big facts 💯!!
I’m on that getting my “any means” on! ✊🏾
Back when black folks was strong 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
@the2ndcoming135
2 жыл бұрын
“It bought...poetic justice.”-laughs🤔
they used to teach us that Malcolm X was bad because he was violent and that you should only protest non violently. This was 2010 in a blue state
@KingofgraceSARA
2 жыл бұрын
He wasn't "violent" but he was "by any means...".
@michaeljacksin9367
2 жыл бұрын
@@KingofgraceSARA what does the military call it when they blow up hospitals cuz if we had that kind of spin on things
*I watched the Cosby slander show...* and IMMEDIATELY noticed that they used material from your channel...( I saw your actual logo in the documentary during the part they used your content). Please tell me you were not a part of that crucifixion.... I really *liked* this channel, dude...
I remember when John Lewis died, Bill Clinton said, THEY thought they were getting Stokely, but they were glad they got Lewis. That was a statement! Stokely was so intelligent and committed to the cause and freedom of Black ppl. He was so right about yt folks cherry picking black folks to be put in symbolic positions to appease Black folks. I actually don’t find the interviewer unbiased. His questions seemed yt washed, to me. The PTB actually chased Stokely out of the U.S. He settled in Africa. YT supremacy is a monster 👹 and a shape shifter.
@larrybolton9982
2 жыл бұрын
I remember that. Bill and biden are on the same team.
@hourexodus5204
2 жыл бұрын
I remember what bill said too. But I don’t think Ture was chased out of the US. I feel he changed his strategy to be most effective to the struggle. He began to focus on pan africanism as a method to completely liberate all black people on the earth. He saw past the black American struggle because he knew fundamentally that black Americans could never remain free without a free africa.
@geerowr.6666
2 жыл бұрын
@@hourexodus5204 Totally disagree. America was his home. Yt folks had killed every leader we had except A. Philip Randolph, the real leader of the civil rights movement since the 1920s. I was amazed that he died at age 90. Clinton’s words speaks for themselves. I also read years ago that Stokely indeed had to relocate in order to live. If there were more militant Black leaders that lived until their 90s, the Black community would be on top, not the bottom. And that was what Clinton was referring to. They knew John Lewis was not going to do anything but, be symbolic. That is what the militant leaders of the day predicted would happen. It is still happening.
@hourexodus5204
2 жыл бұрын
@@geerowr.6666 but the fact that the militant black leaders in America did not survive is my very point. Black Americans alone, could never have enough power to take down the yt system. Even if they separated and formed their own govt they would never be able to defend their nation against yt suprm. Yt ppl unified in order to dominate. The Italians and the Germans and the French and the British etc. they came together for world domination. So the absolute only thing that can free any black person on earth is unification. Black Americans are amazing and have had many phenomenal revolutionaries in the past but none of them were ultimately successful. Ture understood that pan africanism (global black alliance) was the only force strong enough to beat the already dominate yt alliance. He did not fear death. If he felt like staying in America was the right tactic, he would have fought to the death. He was wise and used the strategy that he knew would work. You must not have watched his later videos. He makes it very clear on his position on pan africanism and why he moved to africa (and guinea in particular). “I moved to guinea because at the time, Guinea was the most revolutionary country in africa.” This is a direct quote from him. He collaborated with kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s founding father, and he even took on his name as well as seke ture. Making him kwame ture. He left the American struggle to fight for global black liberation he makes this very clear in all of his speeches. I would suggest you listen to some of the ones he made after leaving america.
@geerowr.6666
2 жыл бұрын
@@hourexodus5204 I grew up in that era and knew of Stokely and ALL the civil rights leaders. So many of these interviews, shown, I saw in real time. I participated in the movement. So I;m no novice. As far as Pan Africanism. African countries are very disorganized. A. Philip Randolph, MLK, Adam Clayton etc. had traveled to Ghana at Nkrumah’s invite, since the 50s and 60s. I have FBI documentation of their trips. Perhaps they thought it was good strategy, but from where I sit today it was not. I have met many Africans who come to America and treat Black Americans with disdain. Yet they’re here because of our ancestors back breaking toil and heartbreak that built this piece of dirt into what it is. Also there were Africans that sold their own ppl to the yt man. The Italians and Germans didn’t have that stumbling block. Even Islanders come to America and disrespect us. Hell Rihanna, posted a picture of MLK with a grill. She’s able to be successful here because of like MLK. The level of disrespect for our Black American leaders is at an all time high. I have had Africans say we should pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps, and to forget slavery. SERIOUSLY. Pan Africanism is a farce. I know ppl who have tried living in different African countries and wind up coming back, because they are outcast to Africans. Yt folks rule Africa too. Hell most of the time I Africans on international news they speak the language of their colonizers. Yt supremacy is a monster and a shape shifter. We had the chance to be as one, but jealousy, anger, war etc. made folks forget that they were family, FIRST no matter what. Can’t believe you actually think YT folks would have allowed Stokely to remain in America and lead Black folks. Bill Clinton said the quiet part out loud and he meant it.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge w us
"....bus company went out of business. Good!!"
My mother admired him 😊
i named two of my characters in my most recent script after him
"BLUR the Contradictions!" Yes
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Real black men. Articulate and strong 💯
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Baba Kwame Ture is a great Pan African warrior leader mentor and hero. Baba Kwame Ture shows his defiance without fear nor favour. Baba Kwame made sure Africans at home and abroad to be unified. Baba Kwame made sure Africans take control of our survival and liberation.
Big facts💯
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The full interview is 10 minutes long and I uploaded it on my channel
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I am pretty sure that the "unidentified " interviewer is Dr Thomas Sowell.
@1972vulture
2 жыл бұрын
Hmm. A little too round in the face for Sowell? A little too much afro too?
@charlesbell6099
2 жыл бұрын
That's how he looked back then, remember he was a liberal back then.
@charlesbell6099
2 жыл бұрын
The voice is unmistakable.
@1972vulture
2 жыл бұрын
@@charlesbell6099 In 1972? Really?
Just what we r seeing today✅😡😡😡😡
B.A.M.N.
nice.
King ture
T..black man says the truth....🕰️🕊️
is Jerrod his kid?
@mauricesantinomf
Жыл бұрын
No