My Intellectual Piece Can you name at least 2 black philosophers? Before taking this class, I could not but now, I am able to. In AAAS 390 we learn about philosophy from the African perspective. Today, I will be telling you some information about Stokely Carmichael. He eventually changed his name to Kwame Ture later in his life and this reaction paper will give you an overview of his early life and hopefully explain why Stokely changed his name Kwame. I will do this by, reviewing an article written by Charles E. Cobb Jr entitled From Stokely Carmichael to Kwame Ture. I chose this journal specifically, because I was interested as to why Stokely Carmichael changed his name to Kwame Ture. I was not really even aware that he changed his name until taking this course. I knew of Carmichael's work as a Black Panther and I wanted to know more about him and I figured, this would be the best place to start, and I was correct.
While Cobbs focuses on Carmichaels movements rather than his …show more content…
One of the witnesses, a black woman told of the officers that “if they keep coming in here stealing that I was going to call the cops”. Black power had just hit in Greenwood Mississippi and it helped black owned businesses like this gas station and convenience store where the arrest took place. Amize Moore, who was the head of the NAACP in the 1950s for Bolivar County which was a neighboring county of Greenwood. Moore also owed a gas station and he refused to put up white and colored signs in his gas station. Cobbs alsos points out that Moore sat in his home’s bay window with a rifle,and floodlights pouring over his backyard (at least when they were there). He (Moore) did this to protect himself and his house from attack due to the fact that he was certain outrage would come from whites one
While Cobbs focuses on Carmichaels movements rather than his …show more content…
One of the witnesses, a black woman told of the officers that “if they keep coming in here stealing that I was going to call the cops”. Black power had just hit in Greenwood Mississippi and it helped black owned businesses like this gas station and convenience store where the arrest took place. Amize Moore, who was the head of the NAACP in the 1950s for Bolivar County which was a neighboring county of Greenwood. Moore also owed a gas station and he refused to put up white and colored signs in his gas station. Cobbs alsos points out that Moore sat in his home’s bay window with a rifle,and floodlights pouring over his backyard (at least when they were there). He (Moore) did this to protect himself and his house from attack due to the fact that he was certain outrage would come from whites one