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Ready for revolution

Ready for revolution

The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)
Biography & MemoirHistory
Pages
848
Published
2003
Language
English

Synopsis

This personal story chronicles the life and work of a prominent civil rights leader. It details his firsthand experiences with the harsh realities of prison farms and lynch mobs in Mississippi. The narrative also explores his involvement with the Black Power movement and Pan-Africanism.

Prose complexity
7/10

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InformativeThought-ProvokingComplexIntellectual

Genres

Biography & Memoir History Politics & Society Biography

Authors

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Kwame Ture

Kwame Ture was a Trinidad-born, u.s.-raised Pan-Africanist & revolutionary socialist. He first gained prominence under his birth name, Stokely Carmichael, as a civil rights activist with SNCC in the 1960s; his politics became revolutionary & internationalist with the emergence of the Black Power movement. From the late 1960s, he moved to Guinea-Conakry, formed the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), & changed his name to Kwame Ture in honor of [Kwame Nkrumah](/authors/OL267708A) &...