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

CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY

The main topic of this seminar was our role at Howard University. We must not only be students at Howard but we must strive to be the best that we can be in order to be able to lead and help. We must help to make the impossible, possible. Our goal should not only be to satisfy our graduation requirement but to also be something greater than we once were. We must educate ourselves in order to go forth and help our community. To be a citizen of the world, we must simply be a part of the world; however, in order to become and important and necessary citizen to our own community we must strive to make it greater and better.

In order to succeed we must first be ourselves then be a student. We must stay true to our beliefs and find friends that will boost our intelligence instead of bring us down. As a part of the College of Arts and Sciences, I am the foundation of Howard University. Being a part of something so important, my goal must be to reawaken and reclaim values. However, in order to do so, I must first define my values. What is important to me? What will help the university become greater? In order to become a great student, and an impact to my community, I must study hard and prepare to lead.




-Carina F. <3

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