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SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Stokely Carmichael

1941 - 1998

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Kwame Ture (; 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).Carmichael was one of the original SNCC freedom riders of 1961 under Diane Nash's leadership. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stokely Carmichael has received more than 4,468,278 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Stokely Carmichael is the 441st most popular social activist (down from 380th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Trinidad and Tobago (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Trinidadian Social Activist.

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  • 25

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  • 4.43

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Stokely Carmichael ranks 441 out of 538Before him are William Luther Pierce, Octavia Hill, Medgar Evers, Eugénie Cotton, Helene Stöcker, and Megumi Yokota. After him are Devdas Gandhi, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Denis Goldberg, Annie Kenney, and Sakine Cansız.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Stokely Carmichael ranks 386Before him are Mario Trevi, Vadim Glowna, Wasim Sajjad, Natalia Bessmertnova, David Selby, and Gianfranco Terenzi. After him are Alberto Mario González, Torgeir Brandtzæg, Christopher Jones, Michael Lerner, Edo de Waart, and King Tubby. Among people deceased in 1998, Stokely Carmichael ranks 203Before him are Leo Buscaglia, Ernesto Grillo, Erich Mende, Raquel Rastenni, Ricardo Tormo, and Ed Ablowich. After him are Marion Donovan, Wanda Jakubowska, Kvitka Cisyk, Raymond E. Brown, Junior Wells, and Betty Carter.

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In Trinidad and Tobago

Among people born in Trinidad and Tobago, Stokely Carmichael ranks 12 out of 64Before him are George Maxwell Richards (1931), Dwight Yorke (1971), Nicki Minaj (1982), Michael Fisher (1931), A. N. R. Robinson (1926), and Edmundo Ros (1910). After him are Steven Pressfield (1943), Keith Rowley (1949), Geoffrey Holder (1930), Stephen Mallory (1813), C. L. R. James (1901), and Anthony Carmona (1953).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Trinidad and Tobago

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