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Kwame Ture
Deceased

How Did Kwame Ture Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 57
Also known asStokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael, Stokely CarmichaelGenderMaleNationalityGuineaBorn29/06/1941Born inPort of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and TobagoDied15/11/1998 (aged 57)Died inConakryCauseprostate cancerWikidataQ509860 ↗Buried atCameroun cemeteryTMDb#573774 ↗

Kwame Ture was a Trinidadian and American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, he moved to the United States at age 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science.

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Filmography16 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Hollywood BlackSeriesSelf (archive footage)83
2023South to Black PowerMovieSelf82
202070 Years of Youth RevoltSeriesSelf (archive footage)79
2020Helter Skelter: An American MythSeriesSelf (archive footage)79
2010COINTELPRO 101MovieSelf (archive footage)69
1990Berkeley in the SixtiesMovieSelf (archive footage)49
1988American ExperienceSeriesSelf (archive footage)47
1974Black at Yale: A Film DiaryMovieHimself33
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisMovieSelf (archive footage)29
1968Tell Me LiesMovieParty Guest27
1968LBJMovieSelf27
1968Revolution UnderwayMovie—27
1967Ah, SunflowerMovieSelf26
1967Anatomy of ViolenceMovieSelf26
1963World in ActionSeries—22
1959The David Susskind ShowSeriesSelf18