Kwame Ture
Born 29 June 1941 · Died 15 November 1998
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 & Sékou Touré. He remained politically active up to his death; his co-authored book with Charles V. Hamilton, Black Power, was republished during his lifetime under his chosen name.
Books by Kwame Ture in order
Books by Kwame Ture in the order they were published, from Power and Racism: What We Want (1966) to Ready for Revolution (2003).
