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."

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Miss Evers Boys

The play “Ms. Evers’ Boys” was a wonderful show. The actors were absolutely amazing. They play was base on Nurse Ever’s and her battle with herself and helping the boys she took care of. The boys were not only her patients but also her friends and she did her best to help them. The boys didn’t really understand the struggles she went through. I enjoyed the play and it was a pleasure to watch. I actually came out with a smile on my face rather than thinking “ I paid money for this”. I felt as the situations they went through was and could happen in real life. I think my favorite character was Ben because he appreciated Nurse Evers more than anyone. Mr. Ben made me sad in the play because he was an uneducated fifty-year-old man. I’m not sure how I would feel if I didn’t receive an education. I loved the play and the characters.

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