Stokely: A Life

Stokely Carmichael, The Charismatic And Controversial Black Activist, Stepped Onto The Pages Of History When He Called For Black Power During A Speech One Humid Mississippi Night In 1966. Carmichael's Life Changed That Day, And So Did America's Struggle For Civil Rights. Black Power Became The Slogan Of An Era, Provoking A National Reckoning On Race And Democracy. In Stokely, Preeminent Civil Rights Scholar Peniel E. Joseph Presents A Groundbreaking Biography Of Carmichael, Arguing That The Young Firebrand's Evolution From Nonviolent Activist To Black Power Revolutionary Reflected The Trajectory Of A Generation Radicalized By The Violence And Unrest Of The Late 1960s. -- The Chocolate Fred Astaire -- Howard And Nag -- Finding A Way In New Worlds -- The Movement Was My Fate -- The Local Organizer -- A Struggle For Democracy -- Lowndes County : New Directions -- The Meredith March -- The Magnificent Barbarian -- A New Society Must Be Born -- Hell No, We Won't Go! -- The World Stage : London, Cuba, And Vietnam -- The World Stage : Africa -- Black Panther -- The Prime Minister Of Afro-america -- The Revolution Is Not About Dying : It's About Living -- From Stokely Carmichael To Kwame Ture. By Peniel E. Joseph. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.