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November 10, 1941

Kwame Ture Born

Born June 29, 1941, Stokely Carmichael immigrated to the U.S. at age 11. He became chairman of SNCC and during the 1966 March Against Fear, he electrified the crowd with the call for "Black Power." He later changed his name to Kwame Ture and moved to Guinea.

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People: Stokely Carmichael, Kwame Ture
Sources
1. Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) - The Library of Congress2. Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) - Smithsonian Institution
November 10, 1898

Wilmington Insurrection

White supremacists overthrew the elected government of Wilmington, North Carolina, leading to violence and the deaths of many African Americans.

Sources
1. Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 — North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources2. The Wilmington Coup of 1898 — PBS LearningMedia

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