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This 6 page report discusses four separate books regarding African American issues -- “Black Power” (1967) by Kwame Ture (formerly known as Stokely Carmichael), “Afrocentricity” (1998) by Molefi Kete Asante, “Mis-Education of The Negro” (1933) by Carter G. Woodson, and “Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice” (1997) by Dennis Kimbro and Napoleon Hill. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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is being sent or that the authors are unified in their determination s of what it means to be a successful African-American or simply to be a successful human being.
Such an assumption would be as ridiculous as thinking that "A Tale of Two Cities" and "Bright Lights, Big City" had a universal statement to make about life in a
city. "Black Power," "Afrocentricity," and "The Mis-education of the Negro" Kwame Ture, also known as Stokely Carmichael, has always been thought of as a radical. In fact,
he is credited with coining the phrase "Black power" during the 1960s and demonstrating its viability as a concept, mindset, and lifestyle. In fact "Black Power!" became the slogan of
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committees (SNCC) slogan in 1966. According to Miller (1998) who met him as Stokley Carmichael in the early 1960s: "People thought he had a streak of
craziness because, with an in your face attitude, he confronted Mississippi authority. But he had a purpose: to strip away the psychological intimidation of white supremacy" (pp. 31). He died
at the age of 57 from cancer in his adopted hometown of Conakry, Guinea on November 15, 1998. He had moved to Guinea in West Africa from the U.S. in
1969. His 1967 book, "Black Power: The Politics of Liberation in America" addressed and exposed the depth of racism in the United States and offered a truly radical set
of possibilities for reform. In it, he expresses his most heartfelt belief that meaningful and long-lasting social change would only be possible through unity among African-Americans and their creation of
an autonomy separate from the preexisting order of racist, white America. He also addresses national and community politics and the ways in which people must understand the myriad of ways
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