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, October 2, 2011

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

I will continue to strive for the best grades I can possibly make at Howard University. Also I am becoming apart of different activities to keep myself active in Howard. I will try to find a leadership position that I feel comfortable leading in. That way I can help the students of Howard university change Howard so that it better benefits the students. As of right now I am trying to take advantage of all that I can, without overloading myself, at Howard.

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

To me a citizen of the world means that I belong to this world and it is my responsibility to do right by this world. I should take care of it and help the other citizens to take care of this world. I shall follow the laws set before me to better the area I am currently in. If i do these deeds and more it shows that I am taking up my responsibility of being a citizen of the world.

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.

The representative i choose is Stokely Carmichael. Carmichael did what he must to get what he wanted. He stood in the gap to make a change in this world. And his efforts along with many others did make a huge change in this country. He inspires me to be different to always strive for better. If something is not right i need to press forward to change what is wrong. He inspired me to be a leader among my peers here at howard university.
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