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"Washington Post, Nov. 16, 1998: obit. (Kwame Ture, as Stokely Carmichael a leading civil rights activist in the 1960s, age 57, died Nov. 15, 1998, in Conakry, Guinea; officer in Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Black Panther Party; moved to Guinea in 1968, active in Pan-African movement; born June 29, 1941, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad)" Taken from OCLC 67815. Also: "Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael (June 29, 1941-November 15, 1998), also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement. He rose to prominence first as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and later as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party. Initially an integrationist, Carmichael later became affiliated with black nationalist and Pan-Africanist movements." Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stokely_Carmichael&oldid=145577902Stokely Carmichael was investigated by the FBI for his work with the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee, the Black Panther Party and other civil rights demonstrations and activities.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
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  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African Americans
  3. Black Militant Organizations
  4. Black Nationalism
  5. Black Panther Party
  6. Black Power
  7. Civil Rights
  8. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  9. Communist Party Of The United States Of America
  10. Government
  11. Government, Resistance To
  12. Governmental Investigations
  13. Intervention (Federal Government)
  14. Political Violence
  15. Politics And Government
  16. Race Relations
  17. Social Justice
  18. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
  19. United States
  20. Violence
  21. Violence Against
  22. Whites

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