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, October 1, 2011

Questions of Life

1. What can and will you do to be a part of the "best and brightest" of Howard?

To be the “best and the brightest” I must make my studies come before my social life. In college it’s so easy to get distracted but if you’re dedicated and want to be successful you’ll do what’s needed to pass. To be the best I must go beyond what I’m learning in the classroom and apply it to my everyday life. In addition, I am going to use what I learn to help those around me.

2. What does it mean to be a citizen of the world? How does your citizenship in the nation inform your world citizenry?

To be a citizen of the world means that it’s my responsibility to make this world better. As a citizen you must help others make the world better also. Your citizenship in the nation informs your world citizenry by allowing you to help change occur in the world around you.

3. Identify a representative thinker of Howard. How does that figure's life work inspire you to "till and turn over the soil" which, as Dr Thornton noted, is expected of each Howard student.

A representative thinker of Howard University would be Alaine Locke. He was an American writer,philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance . Locke promoted African American artists, writers, and musicians, encouraging them to look to Africa as an inspiration for their works. He encouraged them to depict African and African American subjects, and to draw on their history for subject material. He inspires me to always strive for better for my community and myself. In addition, to become a leader for my community and encourage them to gain knowledge and change the world for the better.

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