Inspired by Stokely. Stokely Carmichael was a social activist who protested for civil rights and advocated for global liberation of those of African descent. Born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, Carmichael moved to Harlem, New York at the age of eleven. He went on to attend the historical Black college, Howard, where his passion for activism was birthed. He was only nineteen when he took his first Freedom Ride, and he became the youngest person jailed for attempting to integrate a “white’s only” counter in Mississippi. Carmichael later took a radical turn in his activism and famously said, “we been saying ‘freedom’ for six years…what we are going to start saying now is ‘Black Power.'” After this speech, the phrase “Black power” became the battle cry for international Black liberation movements. Carmichael would spend his latter years traveling through Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, calling for freedom for all oppressed peoples. His example inspired a new generation of activist, including the founders of the Black Panther Party.