USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Stokely Carmichael, original name of Kwame Ture, (born June 29, 1941, Port of Spain, Trinidad-died November 15, 1998, Conakry, Guinea), West-Indian-born civil rights activist, leader of Black nationalism in the United States in the 1960s and originator of its rallying slogan, “Black power.”

Detailed explanation-2: -Stokely Carmichael was the controversial and charismatic young civil rights leader who, in 1966, popularized the phrase “black power.” Carmichael was a leading force in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), working in the Deep South to organize African American voters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stokely Carmichael, who became the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1966, was one of the first people to use the “Black Power” slogan. In 1966, he and other Black leaders began urging African American communities to arm themselves against their white oppressors.

Detailed explanation-4: -That year, his use of the phrase “black power” at a rally in Mississippi grabbed the nation’s attention. Before he became famous-and infamous-for calling on black power for black people, Stokely Carmichael was better known as a rising young community organizer in the civil rights movement.