Monday, February 21, 2011

Stokely Carmichael Speaks at the "Free Huey Newton" Rally Parts 1,2, and 4

Today's Black History video of the day comes from one of my personal heroes, Kwame Toure better known as Stokely Carmichael. If you don't know the history of this man, please do some reading. He was a driving force in the SNCC as well as becoming the Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party. Kwame Toure was the man behind the phrase "Black Power". In the later stages of his life, he became involved in Black Nationalist and Pan-Africanist movements. I studied this man back and forth and was honored to meet one of his good friends and comrades in the struggle, Professor Ekwueme Michael Thelwell. Professor Thelwell worked on the masterful book Ready For Revolution, which I just so happen to have an autographed copy of. These speeches were presented at the "Free Huey" rally in Oakland, CA on February 17, 1968. This is supposed to be a 7 part series, but parts 3 and 7 are not working. I will post the videos over the next couple of days.



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