The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Portrait of Stokely Carmichael and his wife Miriam Makeba
c. 1969
(Swedish, active 1950s-1960s)
Image: 18.1 x 23.8 cm (7 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view
Did You Know?
The Swedish establishment endorsed the American Civil Rights Movement and invited many of its leaders to lecture in Sweden during the 1960s.Description
This image showsKwame Ture (bornStokely Carmichael) and his wife, South African singer Miriam Makeba, at a public event in Sweden. Ture was one of the original Freedom Riders, a prominent organizer in the Civil Rights movement, and a key proponent of the Black Power Movement, serving as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later as “Honorary Prime Minister” of the Black Panther Party.- {{cite web|title=Portrait of Stokely Carmichael and his wife Miriam Makeba|url=false|author=John Kjellstrom|year=c. 1969|access-date=24 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.216