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."

Saturday, September 10, 2011

OMOLUABI

The central topic for this week’s presentation was Omoluabi - Self Actualization
and Communal Responsibility. During his presentation, Dr. Segun Gbadegesin, discussed several concepts of “omoluabi” and how they relate to us as people. The first concept was ‘ijuba’ which meant paying homage. We must not only pay homage to those who were before us who helped us get where we are today, but we must also pay homage to God for he is the creator of all things. As he went along, Dr. Gbadegesin then brought up the seminar research question: “How have scholars across the various fields of study advanced and transformed academic knowledge related to enduring problems of the human condition?”. In order to answer this question we must “acknowledge the [different aspects of the] human condition”. By taking note of the different aspects of the human condition, we are able to fully understand the situation at hand and make necessary changes in order to provide the outcome we desire. Also, like Dr. Carr, he brought up the relationship between knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge is simply the acquisition of factual information while wisdom is the mastery of these skills. The recurrence of this fact shows its importance.





-Carina F. <3

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