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Stokely Carmichael:
Born in Trinidad, Stokely Carmichael joined SNCC after graduating from Howard University in Washington DC, and helped organize voter registration efforts across the South. Carmichael became chairman of SNCC in 1966 at age 24 and advocated for "black power." Under his leadership, the organization moved in a more militant direction as the decade grew more turbulent. In 1967, he left SNCC and joined the Black Panther Party. |