Kwame Ture (aka Stokely Carmichael)

"Kwame Ture was born Stokely Carmichael on June 29, 1941 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, the son of Adolphus and Mabel Carmichael. He immigrated to the United States in 1952 with his family and settled in New York, New York. He graduated from the academically elite Bronx High School of Science in 1960 and made the decision to attend Howard University. Howard University conferred on him a Bachelor of Science Degree in Philosophy in 1964. It was while in Washington that Stokely became deeply involved in the "Freedom Rides," "Sit-Ins," and other demonstrations to challenge segregation in American society.......

While residing in Africa, Stokely Carmichael changed his name to "Kwame Ture" to honor Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence from Britain, and, Sekou Toure, who was President of Guinea and his mentor. For more than 30 years, Ture led the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party and devoted the rest of his life to Pan Africanism, a movement to uproot the inequities of racism for people of African descent and to develop an economic and cultural coalition among the African Diaspora......

In 1998, at the age of 57, Kwame Ture died from complications of prostate cancer. To the end he answered the telephone, "ready for the revolution."
Saturday, May 8
Howard University Commencement 1999


It is our duty as students here at Howard University to continue the legacy of Kwame Ture through attaining higher education and using our knowledge to make a positive change not only in "Black America", but throughout the world--to always be "ready for the revolution."

Sunday, September 25, 2011

CONVOCATION

Friday seemed like a great day to sleep in since classes were cancelled; however, we had to attend the convocation. At first, I dreaded the thought of having to wake up on a morning that I had no classes to attend an assembly in the auditorium. We were already in the second month of school; did we really need a welcoming?

The convocation was much more than I expected. It did not just only welcome us to Howard University but it also introduced us to many important facts. For one, we as Americans of color must make it our priority to earn college degrees in order to compete in the corporate world. The UNCF is working to double the number of African American graduates; however, we cannot stop here. We, as blacks, should be focused on what we CAN do and not what we CAN’T do in order to make a better future for ourselves today.

“In reality, some HBCU’s are weak, some are well, and some are soaring”. HBCU’s should be recognized for work they have done in the past and the work they are still in the process of in order to produce more black college graduates. “Our colleges must continue to modernize, organize, and manage in order to produce powerful results”. Howard University has always been a leading HBCU; however, Howard needs its alumni. Only 11% of alumni give back to the university. With the giving back from the alumni, Howard will be able to fund more programs and give out more scholarships. The future of HBCUs is in our hands.





-Carina F. <3

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