(27957) Carmichael (Ture), Cleage (Agyeman), Political Rallies, Detroit, 1966

Posted February 5th, 2013 by eclemens

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

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