Kwame Ture

Biography

Kwame Ture was a prominent Trinidadian and American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born at age 11 in Trinidad and Tobago, he became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science and later led the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) before co-founding the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP).