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  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Carmichael, who later moved to Guinea and took the name Kwame Ture, is remembered for the militancy of his views and his confrontational, often slashingly witty speeches, but the Swedish cameras captured another side of him.

    NYT > Home Page By A. O. SCOTT 2011

  • It was the first time the activist, now using the name Kwame Ture, had contacted her directly since their earlier time together.

    NYT > Home Page By ERIC KOHN 2011

  • Claiming that Michelle’s thesis had made reference to her being “much influenced” by the separatist politics of Stokely Carmichael, Hitchens casually recalled that Carmichael had taken the name Kwame Ture, and that Hitchens had last seen him speak before Farrakhan in 1985, on the night that Farrakhan “made himself famous by warning Jews, ‘You can’t say “Never Again” to God, because when he puts you in the ovens, you’re there forever.’”

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Claiming that Michelle’s thesis had made reference to her being “much influenced” by the separatist politics of Stokely Carmichael, Hitchens casually recalled that Carmichael had taken the name Kwame Ture, and that Hitchens had last seen him speak before Farrakhan in 1985, on the night that Farrakhan “made himself famous by warning Jews, ‘You can’t say “Never Again” to God, because when he puts you in the ovens, you’re there forever.’”

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Claiming that Michelle’s thesis had made reference to her being “much influenced” by the separatist politics of Stokely Carmichael, Hitchens casually recalled that Carmichael had taken the name Kwame Ture, and that Hitchens had last seen him speak before Farrakhan in 1985, on the night that Farrakhan “made himself famous by warning Jews, ‘You can’t say “Never Again” to God, because when he puts you in the ovens, you’re there forever.’”

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Claiming that Michelle’s thesis had made reference to her being “much influenced” by the separatist politics of Stokely Carmichael, Hitchens casually recalled that Carmichael had taken the name Kwame Ture, and that Hitchens had last seen him speak before Farrakhan in 1985, on the night that Farrakhan “made himself famous by warning Jews, ‘You can’t say “Never Again” to God, because when he puts you in the ovens, you’re there forever.’”

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Kwame Ture is similarly left in 1968 despite having lived another 30 years and leaving any number of admirers and members of his organization -- still in existence -- the All African People's Revolutionary Party, none of whom are interviewed in the film.

    Naima Ramos-Chapman: 'The Black Power Mixtape': Who's Telling You Your Stories? Naima Ramos-Chapman 2011

  • Kwame Ture is similarly left in 1968 despite having lived another 30 years and leaving any number of admirers and members of his organization -- still in existence -- the All African People's Revolutionary Party, none of whom are interviewed in the film.

    Naima Ramos-Chapman: 'The Black Power Mixtape': Who's Telling You Your Stories? Naima Ramos-Chapman 2011

  • Ture, not all trans people are binary identified – nor should they be nor does being non-binary give rise to a need for treatment.

    Transsexuality will no longer be classified in France as a mental illness 2009

  • The most common Tārā mantra set to music is that of Green Tārā (Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Svāhā), who (broadly) holds the mantle for compassionate action and protection from fear and suffering.

    Ravenna Michalsen: Listening To Matra Music Ravenna Michalsen 2011

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