Black Power!

Have you ever wondered where the phrase "black power" came from?  We all have said it at least once in our life time.  Since its Black History Month I thought this would be the perfect time to figure it out.


Stokely Carmichael was born in June 1941.  He was a Trinidadian American who was a black activist in the 1960 Civil Rights Movement.  Carmichael resided in Harlem.  He coined the phrase "black power" when he became apart of the Black Panthers.  He was also apart of the Black Nationalist movement.  Carmichael later removed himself from the Black Panthers because he believed that white activist should be allowed to help the cause while the Panthers thought differently.  So the next time you say "black power" know it's not a term to put down whites but that it is a term to uplift the greatness of black people!