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 15, 2011

MIDTERMSSS!

I realized that college is not what I thought it would be. I have never in my academic career struggled in all my classes like this. Everything is moving to fast for me. I miss my family and I can’t keep up with my class work. But I know that God wouldn’t have brought me this far and put me through difficulties I couldn’t handle. I’m trying my best to stay on top of my game in class and I’m not going to give up. Being a Nursing major is no joke and it’s only going to get harder. I love Howard and I realized that what ever I’m going through is not because of the school it’s because of me, and what I can manage. I received all satisfactory grades on my midterms but I know I have to work harder. Getting a 4.0 is harder than what I thought and at this point I’ll be happy if I received a 3.0. I can’t wait for homecoming to come so I can get a break.

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