- Born
- June 29, 1941
- Died
- November 15, 1998 (aged 57)
- Place of birth
- Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
- Also known as
- Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael, Stokely Carmichael
Biography
Kwame Ture was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science.