Stokely Carmichael

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1. November 21, 1968 Stokely Carmichael speaks in Carmichael Auditorium at the Black Student Movement's invitation Black Panther prime minister Stokely Carmichael, brought by the Black Student Movement, spoke to about 6,500 people on "revolutionary violence," liberalism and capitalism. The state American Party had passed a resolution censuring the University for letting him speak, and BSM chairman Preston Dobbins later said a misunderstanding over charging admission cost the movement money it meant for its tutoring work in Black Chapel Hill and Carrboro. People: Stokely Carmichael, Preston Dobbins Place: Carmichael Auditorium, University, Chapel HillThe Daily Tar Heel, November 22, 1968, p. 1
2. April 7, 1975 Stokely Carmichael speaks at the fourth Black Arts Cultural Festival Pan-Africanist Stokely Carmichael of the All African People's Revolutionary Party told a mostly Black festival audience in Memorial Hall that a correct reading of history was crucial to the liberation of Africa, which he called home to all Black people. In a seminar for Afro-American Studies, Owusu Sadaukai argued instead that Black Americans' struggle lay at home. People: Stokely Carmichael Place: Memorial Hall, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Owusu SadaukaiBlack Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), April 1975, p. 4 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, April 9, 1975, p. 1
3. March 17, 1977 Stokely Carmichael speaks at UNC for Pan-Africanism Stokely Carmichael, the former SNCC leader now with the All-African People's Revolutionary Party, spoke to Black students in the Upendo Lounge of Chase Cafeteria on Thursday, March 17, 1977, calling for the liberation and unification of Africa under scientific socialism and urging Black people to organize themselves. The Daily Tar Heel placed the talk in a three-day Triangle visit that took him to N.C. State on March 16 and to Duke earlier on March 17; Black Ink later said he spoke at UNC on March 16 and 17. Place: University, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Chase Cafeteria, Upendo LoungeSearch the index · Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), April 15, 1977, p. 3 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, March 18, 1977, p. 1; The Daily Tar Heel, March 16, 1977, p. 4
4. April 27, 1981 Stokely Carmichael speaks in the Pit Former Black Panther leader Stokely Carmichael, invited by the Black Student Movement, told a crowd in the Pit that Black students should use their education to organize the people against capitalism, that Black Americans should not be ashamed of their African heritage, and that his All-African People's Revolutionary Party opposed Democrats and Republicans alike. People: Stokely Carmichael Place: The Pit, University, Chapel HillThe Daily Tar Heel, April 28, 1981, p. 1