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    The Legacy of Charles V. Hamilton and Black Power

    A tribute to a true theorist of democracy
    by Vann R. Newkirk II Feb 22, 2024 3 minutes
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    This week, published news of the death of Charles V. Hamilton, the political scientist who co-wrote the book in 1967 with his much more famous colleague and comrade, Kwame Ture, once known as Stokely Carmichael. Hamilton died months ago, and the news was apparently made public only after a close friend of

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