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June 21, 1998

Kwame Ture Dies

On November 15, 1998, Kwame Ture died of prostate cancer in Conakry, Guinea. He had moved to Guinea in 1969 and changed his name to honor Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré. He remained a Pan-Africanist activist until his death.

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People: Kwame Ture, Stokely Carmichael
Sources
1. Kwame Ture, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 57 - The New York Times2. Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) - The Library of Congress3. Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) - Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

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