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: -Its roots can be traced to author Richard Wright’s non-fiction work Black Power, published in 1954. In 1965, the Lowndes County [Alabama] Freedom Organization (LCFO) used the slogan “Black Power for Black People” for its political candidates. The next year saw Black Power enter the mainstream.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -He also worked closely with Gloria Richardson while she led the Cambridge Movement in Maryland. In 1965, Carmichael worked with the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO) in Alabama to support African American political candidates and register previously disenfranchised voters.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.