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Author: Peniel E. Joseph

Meet author Peniel E. Joseph and learn about his book Stokely.

Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for “Black Power” during a speech one Mississippi night in 1966. A firebrand who straddled both the American civil rights and Black Power movements, Carmichael would stand for the rest of his life at the center of the storm he had unleashed that night. In Stokely, preeminent civil rights scholar Peniel E. Joseph presents a groundbreaking biography of Carmichael, using his life as a prism through which to view the transformative African American freedom struggles of the twentieth century.

The book is available for pre-order now. On sale March 4.











When: Tue., Mar. 4, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Where: Barnes & Noble - Union Square
33 E. 17th St.
212-253-0810
Price: Free
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Meet author Peniel E. Joseph and learn about his book Stokely.

Stokely Carmichael, the charismatic and controversial black activist, stepped onto the pages of history when he called for “Black Power” during a speech one Mississippi night in 1966. A firebrand who straddled both the American civil rights and Black Power movements, Carmichael would stand for the rest of his life at the center of the storm he had unleashed that night. In Stokely, preeminent civil rights scholar Peniel E. Joseph presents a groundbreaking biography of Carmichael, using his life as a prism through which to view the transformative African American freedom struggles of the twentieth century.

The book is available for pre-order now. On sale March 4.

Buy tickets/get more info now