Stokely Carmichael was a powerful civil rights leader in the 1960’s who became a black nationalist before leaving this country for Africa. His biographer says he was as influential as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Reintroducing an Overlooked Civil Rights Leader
Credits
Guest:
- Peniel Joseph - historian and professor at the University of Texas at Austin, founder of the school’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy - @PenielJoseph