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Peniel Joseph on Stokley Carmichael
His is a name seldom remembered in the context of America's Civil Rights Movement, but he deserves a place alongside Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. That's according to a new biography — the first -- about Stokley Carmichael's life. Peniel Joseph is a history professor at Tufts University and the author of Stokely: A Life .
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readHis is a name seldom remembered in the context of America's Civil Rights Movement, but he deserves a place alongside Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. That's according to a new biography — the first -- about Stokley Carmichael's life.
Peniel Joseph is a history professor at Tufts University and the author of
. The Trinidad-born, New York educated Carmichael spent his 20th birthday in jail in Mississippi, where he helped organize freedom rides. In 1966, he was head of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. Two years later, he left this country to live in Africa.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Evan George
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Jenny Hamel
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Kareem Maddox
Three-on-three basketball player in the final stages of qualifying for Olympics; former KCRW intern
Peniel Joseph
historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and founding director of the school’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy