The Interview :
Q: Hello Mr. Carmichael would you like to tell us a little about yourself.
A: Well my first name is Stokely, and I was born on June,29,1941. I also moved to New York
when I was very very little. Then moved to an area near the Bronx . Then attended high school
at the Bronx school of science, but many students were white and and I fit in quite well. I even
dated white women which was strange. I quit school, I joined (CORE),was elected Chairman of the SNCC,
and Joined the Black Panther Party. That all made me a very good civil rights leader.
Q: Why did you decide to get involved with the civil rights act , why didn't you just sit back
and let other leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. handle the situation?
A:Why did I get involved ? I got involved because I felt like there needed to be a change.
Even though Martin Luther King Jr. was a big part of that I just wanted to help out the
African - Americans standing up. And I thought voting was so absurd and I helped raise
that number a lot. Hey I even founded my own party and that seems like a big help to
add from one black man.
Q: Why did you go outside of the United states while the civil rights movement was happening?
A: Oh, that was in 1967. I wanted to see how other places are like and how the leaders
could inspire me to become a better leader. I traveled to New Guinea and China as well
as two other countries on my journey. It was quite interesting when I visited. And shortly
after that I came back to the United states and spoke frequently around the country.
Q: What were you really interested in the most during the civil rights movement?
A: I was really interested in writing about blacks. I was really interested in that because it
let me express how blacks felt mistreated . I mostly focused on writing about pan-
Americanism. Which became my life's work. I also wrote essays on black nationalism
and black separatism.
Q: What did you do after the civil rights movement was over and blacks had the same
rights as whites?
A: Well, I changed my name honoring it to the president of Ghana. And married a very
good female singer known as Miriam Makeba. But then divorced and married again to
a good female doctor. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the 1980’s . Which was not
very good for me because I was sick . But I was proud with what I had accomplished
in my time. But I always answer my phone by saying “ready for the revolution”.
A: Well my first name is Stokely, and I was born on June,29,1941. I also moved to New York
when I was very very little. Then moved to an area near the Bronx . Then attended high school
at the Bronx school of science, but many students were white and and I fit in quite well. I even
dated white women which was strange. I quit school, I joined (CORE),was elected Chairman of the SNCC,
and Joined the Black Panther Party. That all made me a very good civil rights leader.
Q: Why did you decide to get involved with the civil rights act , why didn't you just sit back
and let other leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. handle the situation?
A:Why did I get involved ? I got involved because I felt like there needed to be a change.
Even though Martin Luther King Jr. was a big part of that I just wanted to help out the
African - Americans standing up. And I thought voting was so absurd and I helped raise
that number a lot. Hey I even founded my own party and that seems like a big help to
add from one black man.
Q: Why did you go outside of the United states while the civil rights movement was happening?
A: Oh, that was in 1967. I wanted to see how other places are like and how the leaders
could inspire me to become a better leader. I traveled to New Guinea and China as well
as two other countries on my journey. It was quite interesting when I visited. And shortly
after that I came back to the United states and spoke frequently around the country.
Q: What were you really interested in the most during the civil rights movement?
A: I was really interested in writing about blacks. I was really interested in that because it
let me express how blacks felt mistreated . I mostly focused on writing about pan-
Americanism. Which became my life's work. I also wrote essays on black nationalism
and black separatism.
Q: What did you do after the civil rights movement was over and blacks had the same
rights as whites?
A: Well, I changed my name honoring it to the president of Ghana. And married a very
good female singer known as Miriam Makeba. But then divorced and married again to
a good female doctor. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the 1980’s . Which was not
very good for me because I was sick . But I was proud with what I had accomplished
in my time. But I always answer my phone by saying “ready for the revolution”.
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