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Stokely Carmichael (June 29, 1941 – November 15, 1998) Civil Rights Movement Stokely Carmichael was at the forefront of the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Carmichael was born in Trinidad in 1941, to a relatively well-off family, his father was a skilled carpenter. He attended a private school in Trinidad was excelled in school at a young age. Carmichael’s family moved to Harlem when he was 10 years old, and they experienced a radically different social environment. In Trinidad blacks had much more economic and political power. Carmichael’s father had to get a job as a cab driver and was barely able to support his family. Carmichael got mixed up with gangs but after enrolling at the elite Bronx High School of Science, he began to stay out of trouble. He excelled there, and ended up receiving scholarships from many prestigious schools such as Harvard. He ended up attending Howard University in D.C., and became active in SNCC. He started to attend sit-ins and rallies. He was eventually named chairman of SNCC, and formed his own political party, called the Lowndes County Freedom Organization. Carmichael continued to rally for social change, initially by rallying voters and protesting segregation, but became progressively more militant. The social group, the ‘Black Panthers’ began to grow, and they aimed to reciprocate the force used by the police on blacks. They held different ideals than that of Martin Luther King Jr., but were also essential in Civil Rights Movement. In later life, Carmichael traveled around the world, speaking about ending inequality and giving power to non-whites. References: Martin Luther King Jr. (Kind of) Bobby Seale Malcolm X Works Cited "Black Power Movement." //West's Encyclopedia of American Law//. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 53-54. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 9 Jan. 2011. "Carmichael, Stokely." //West's Encyclopedia of American Law//. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 249-252. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 9 Jan. 2011. Degregorio, William A.. //The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, Seventh Edition (Complete Book of Us Presidents) //. 7 ed. Fort Lee: Barricade Books, 2009. Print