Kwame Ture

Biography

Kwame Ture was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global Pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the United States from the age of 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science.

Known For

American Experience

World in Action

Hollywood Black

The David Susskind Show

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

LBJ

70 Years of Youth Revolt

All Movies (27)

• South to Black Power2023 · as Self
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · as Self - Activist (archive footage)
• King in the Wilderness2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)2016 · as Self
• Mama Africa2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Black Power Mixtape 1967-19752011 · as Self (archive footage)
• COINTELPRO 1012010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Black Power Salute2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Huey P. Newton Story2001 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• All Power to the People!1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• Berkeley in the Sixties1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• The FBI's War on Black America1990 · as Self
• Black at Yale: A Film Diary1974 · as Himself
• Malcolm X1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Fall1969
• Black Panthers1968 · as Self
• Huey!1968
• Tell Me Lies1968 · as Party Guest
• From Protest to Resistance1968 · as Self
• Revolution Underway1968
• LBJ1968 · as Self
• Anatomy of Violence1967 · as Self
• Ah, Sunflower1967 · as Self
• After Civil Rights... Black Power1967 · as Self
• Stokely Carmichael Press Conference1966
• Stokely Carmichael On Police Shootings, Black Nationalism and Developing a White Base—

All TV Shows (6)

• Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• 70 Years of Youth Revolt2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Helter Skelter: An American Myth2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• World in Action1963
• The David Susskind Show1959 · as Self