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 23, 2011

HOWARD HOMECOMING!!

Homecoming week is finally over! This has been the best week at Howard, thus far. There was so much to do and I was never bored once the weekend came. To start off my weekend, I went to Yardfest and to the R&B show. The yard fest was AMAZING! It was way more than I expected it to be. It was encouraging to see all of the alumni with their kids/grandkids. It made me eager to graduate so I can come back and celebrate with my former classmates. The performances were great and the foods being sold were yummy. The R&B show was also more than expected. Although each person had only a short time, I still enjoyed the show! On Saturday, there was the football game, which Howard won, and the Step Show. I didn’t attend the football game, but I did go to the step show, which was VERY ENTERTAINING!! I was excited to see all of the Greeks come together and compete. Even those that weren’t competing showed support. It showed the family aspect of Howard University, which many other universities don’t have. Howard Homecoming > (insert anything) =]


CarinaF. <3

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