Stokely Carmichael: Civil Rights Activist
Stokely Carmichael:Civil Rights
Stokely Carmichael was a Civil Rights Activist that worked along side Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King, ect. On June 29, 1941, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Stokely Carmichael was born. After his diagnosis of prostate cancer in 1996, Benefit concerts were held in Denver, New York, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. to help pay for his medical expenses. The government of Trinidad and Tobago where he was born awarded him a $1,000 grant a month to help cover his bills. But sadley in Conakry, Guinea on 1998 he died from prostate cancer at age 57.
In his childhood Carmichael moved to Harlem, New York, in 1952 at age 11 to rejoin his parents who emigrated there when he was two. His mother Mabel R. Carmichael was a stewardess for a steamship line. His father Adolphus was a carpenter and taxi driver. Once reunited his family moved to Van Nest, in East Bronx. At his new home he was the only black member if Morris Park Dukes, a youth gang involved in alcohol and theft.
Carmichael knew about the Civil Right Movement for years. Not until he saw footage of a sit-in did he feel compelled to join the struggle. After Carmichael saw what …show more content…
A few weeks after Carmichael took office, James Meredith was shot and wounded by a sniper during the March Against Fear. Carmichael joined MLK, Floyd McKissick, Cleveland Sellers, and others to continue the march for Meredith. During the march he was arrested and upon his release he made his first “Black Power” speech. This speech became one of the most influential speeches he ever made. Young African Americans across the country used black power as a rallying cry for the frustration on the slow progress in Civil Rights. According to Carmichael: “Black Power meant black people coming together to form a political and either electing representatives or forcing their representatives to speak their needs, rather than relying on established
Stokely Carmichael was a Civil Rights Activist that worked along side Fannie Lou Hamer, Martin Luther King, ect. On June 29, 1941, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Stokely Carmichael was born. After his diagnosis of prostate cancer in 1996, Benefit concerts were held in Denver, New York, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. to help pay for his medical expenses. The government of Trinidad and Tobago where he was born awarded him a $1,000 grant a month to help cover his bills. But sadley in Conakry, Guinea on 1998 he died from prostate cancer at age 57.
In his childhood Carmichael moved to Harlem, New York, in 1952 at age 11 to rejoin his parents who emigrated there when he was two. His mother Mabel R. Carmichael was a stewardess for a steamship line. His father Adolphus was a carpenter and taxi driver. Once reunited his family moved to Van Nest, in East Bronx. At his new home he was the only black member if Morris Park Dukes, a youth gang involved in alcohol and theft.
Carmichael knew about the Civil Right Movement for years. Not until he saw footage of a sit-in did he feel compelled to join the struggle. After Carmichael saw what …show more content…
A few weeks after Carmichael took office, James Meredith was shot and wounded by a sniper during the March Against Fear. Carmichael joined MLK, Floyd McKissick, Cleveland Sellers, and others to continue the march for Meredith. During the march he was arrested and upon his release he made his first “Black Power” speech. This speech became one of the most influential speeches he ever made. Young African Americans across the country used black power as a rallying cry for the frustration on the slow progress in Civil Rights. According to Carmichael: “Black Power meant black people coming together to form a political and either electing representatives or forcing their representatives to speak their needs, rather than relying on established