Stokely Carmichael, known as Kwame Ture, was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was a civil rights activist among many other influential Black men and women. Carmichael had joined the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG), then committed to the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC). When he attended Howard University, he was very much impressed with the non-violent movement of Martin Luther King Jr. After following King he committed himself to the civil rights movement. Stokely Carmichael worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his non-violence movement for liberation. Stokely Carmichael and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. both believed in fighting for the politics of liberation. Many people either would abandon or alter their beliefs …show more content…
The same issues are taking place today but not as broadly as it was in 1966. Stokely Carmichael explains the difficulty of having liberation during that time. His way of going about spreading the word of liberation was more beneficial than going down the quiet, non-violent route. Using a more problematic approach to spreading the politics of liberation and black power had caught more people’s attention. Yes, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s way of getting liberation out to the community were beneficial but only to certain portion of people. His nonviolence movement did catch the attention of the nation but only to a certain extent. “I am convinced that for practical as well as moral reasons, nonviolence offers the only road to freedom for my people” (King, 1966), so he was solely settled on that the only way to gain liberation was to stay humble. So any form of self-defense was not an …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. imagined five components, which he saw as crucial to a comprehension of peaceful battle, “first, nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards It is the way of the strong and is not a method of stagnant passivity ' Second, it does not seek the humiliation or defeat of the opponent but, rather, understanding and the awakening of a sense of morality Third, it is aimed at the evil that one is trying to expunge, not at the persons involved. Fourth, the willingness to suffer any consequences is transformational. Fifth, the resister refuses to use violence but also rejects inward violence of the spirit and hate, choosing instead to reach for love” (King, 1999). This seems as to what he referred to during his nonviolence movement. Black Power implied distinctive things to different people. According to Robert Allen, the different views could mean choosing more black legislators or politicians or framing every black organization to battle for needs of their community. Also shaping black gatherings to advance black organizations, incorporating pride in the black society and information of black history (Allen,