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Questions for Discussion: Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael)

  • How does Kwame Ture (also known as Stokely Carmichael) describe the influence of Malcolm X on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
  • Describe the goals of SNCC's campaign in Lowndes County.
  • Why was SNCC referred to as the "shock troops" of the Civil Rights movement?
  • What was SNCC's position on nonviolence?
  • Why did Ture break away from SNCC and its philosophy of nonviolence?