(27956) Carmichael (Ture), Political Rallies, Detroit, 1966

Posted February 5th, 2013 by eclemens

African Americans
Black Panther Party
Black power--Michigan--Detroit
Carmichael, Stokely
Cleage, Albert B.
Detroit--politics and government
Michigan--politics and government
Social Forces, Foundations & Change
Urban Affairs

Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), makes an appearance at a "Meet the Candidates Rally" at the Jeffries Homes/Project. The rally was called on behalf of the candidacies of Kenneth V. Cockrel, who was running for state representative of the 11th district, and Rev. Albert Cleage (later Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman), who was running as a Democrat for the 13th district congressional seat.