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‪#‎BlackAugust‬ – Stokely Carmichael, the Trinidadian-American activist, was one of the most prominent figures in the Civil Rights Movement. He was the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an ‘Honorary Prime Minister’ of the Black Panther Party, and a leader of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party.

Carmichael was elected the national chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in May, 1966. But by this time, he had lost faith in the non-violent ideals of Martin Luther King Jr. and radicalized as he began propagating the doctrines of Malcolm X and the importance of “Black Power.” The term that quickly became popular among the young black radicals at the time. Internationally too, “Black Power” became a slogan of resistance against the European imperialism in Africa.

“When you talk of black power, you talk of building a movement that will smash everything Western civilization has created.”

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