Stokely Carmichael Quotes
Black Power can only exist when there exists a unified socialist Africa.
In 1967 Carmichael left SNCC and joined the more militant Black Panther movement adn organization. But two years later, he became disillusioned with them and emigrated to Guinea in West Africa to promote African Unity and socialism. He was not very successful in in achieving either of these objectives in Africa.
1969 Quoted in Will Haywood, "Power Player", Smithsonian Magazine, June 2016
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