Stokely Carmichael had already served ... and the Irish Republican Socialist Party. Carmichael, who changed his name to Kwame Ture, died of cancer in Guinea at age 57 in 1998.
Born in Trinidad in 1941, Stokely Carmichael came to New ... cry for African Americans as the Sixties ended. Carmichael changed his name to Kwame Ture to reflect his African heritage.