carmichael, stokely

A biography of Stokely Carmichael, an American civil rights activist and member of the Black Power movement who helped organize the original Black Panther Party in Alabama, but made the abrupt decision at age twenty-seven to leave the United States for Africa.

Describes the life and accomplishments of the civil rights worker who took a controversial, aggressive stance in his struggle for black rights in the 1960s.

A biography of the man who made famous the words "Black Power" as he fought for the rights of African-Americans and later settled in Africa where he organized young Africans to work for their rights.

Argues that the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly the period after 1965, laid the foundations for Barack Obama's 2009 presidential inauguration, highlighting the policies, people, and events that led to a new wave of African-American leadership in the United States.