2006-06
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CARMICHAEL, Stokely (1941–1998). Radical activist, born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He emigrated to the USA in 1952, and was shocked by the racism he encountered. Involved in Civil Rights while attending Howard University (1960–4), he was elected leader of the Student Nonviolent Co-ordinating Committee, and changed the group's focus from integration to black liberation. He popularized the phrase ‘black power’, and as a Black Panther came to symbolize black violence to many whites. Autograph Quote Signed, “Stokely Carmichael” 1p. 3”x5”, June 20, 1977, Conakry, Guinee, and reads “The only solution to the problems in America is socialist Revolution...” Fine.
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