Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) PDF
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READY FDR REVDLUTIDN THE LIFE AND STRUGGLES OF STOKELY CARMICHAEL { KWAME TURE} STOKELY CARMICHAEL Praise for Ready for Revolution "Reading the book, in fact, is like sitting down with the last of the 'grand old men' of the movement and having him give you the back-story as to what was going on .... It is passionate about politics and struggle ... [and] dead-up hilarious in describing the twists and turns on the road to revolution." -The Nation "[T]he essential, posthumous autobiography of the brilliant militant who popularized the term 'black power.' It should become a standard text in American history courses." -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "[T] old largely in Carmichael's own stylish, often thunderous, first person words, [this is] a compelling portrait of a radical thinker who radi ated charisma and practiced revolution to the end.'' -Publishers weekly "[T]his inspirational autobiography establishes 'Give me liberty or give me death!' as the legitimate rallying cry of all freedom fighters without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin." -The Washington Informer "Eschew[s] reductionism ... [a] profound and expansive work." -Library Journal "[A] compelling and necessary story told with masterly skill, respect, and fidelity." -Chinua Achebe, author of Things Fall Apart "Undaunted by the certain prospect of his imminent demise, (the author] has bequeathed to us what is sure to become one of the great American autobiographies." -Robert A. Hill, professor of history, UCLA "[I] ntense, engaging, compelling." -Howard Dodson, director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture "I knew Stokely as a brilliant, charismatic, and courageous figure in the Southern movement against racism. He was a thinker of extraordinary vision and a fighter of unequalled courage. We should welcome his auto biography as told to his friend Mike Thelwell." -Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "[O]ne of the most engaging and interesting autobiographies I have ever read. The struggles of the civil rights movement and Carmichael's vision of social justice come alive in this important contribution to social history." -William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard University "The provocative is made plain, the enigmatic clarified, and the elusive becomes sensible-with Stokely's unique voice, wit, and verve." -Mary King, former SNCC worker and author of Freedom Song "No historian of the civil rights movement will be able to write about this period without consulting this indispensable book. Written in the lan gauge and from the heart of African America, it is also an immense sty listic achievement." -Manisha Sinha, author of The Counterrevolution of Slavery ALSO BY STOKELY CARMICHAEL (KWAME TURE) Black Power: The Politics of Liberation Stokely Speaks: Black Power Back to Pan-Africanism ALSO BY EKWUEME MICHAEL THELWELL The Harder They Come Duties, Pleasures, and Conflicts: Essays in Struggle READY FOR REVOLUTION The Life and Struggles of STOKELY CARMICHAEL (KWAME TURE) STOKELY CARMICHAEL with Ekwueme Michael Thelwell SCRIBNER NEW YORK LONDON TORONTO SYDNEY SCRIBNER 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 Copyright © 2003 by The Estate of Kwame Ture and Ekwueme Michael Thelwell All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. First Scribner trade paperback edition 2005 SCRIBNER and design are trademarks of Macmillan Library Reference USA, Inc., used under license by Simon & Schuster, the publisher of this work. For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales: 1-800-456-6798 or [email protected] DESIGNED BY ERICH HOBBING Text set in Plantin Manufactured in the United States of America 5 6 7 8 9 10 Library of Congress Control Number: 2003061030 ISBN-13: 978-0-684-85003-0 ISBN-10: 0-684-85003-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-684-85004-7 (Pbk) ISBN-I 0: 0-684-85004-4 (Pbk) Permissions acknowledgments appear on page 836. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO My mother, May Charles, and Bocar Biro, my son. My people who everywhere suffer, struggle, and endure. Those brave and selfless sisters and brothers who, without thought of personal gain or even survival, continue the struggle to liberate and uplift humanity with undying love and gratitude. "When you have chosen your part, abide by it and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself to the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common heroic. Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous age." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, On Heroism "Men make history, but only so much history as it is possible for them to make." -C. L. R. James "A man is worked on by what he works on. He may carve out his circumstances, but his circumstances will carve him out as well." -Frederick Douglass "Mask no difficulties, tell no lies. Claim no easy victories and hide nothing from the masses of the people." -Amilcar Cabral, Instructions to His Cadres
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