Ethel Minor
1938-2022
Raised in Chicago, Ethel Minor was working as Malcolm X’s secretary when he was assassinated in 1965. She then became involved with SNCC. She worked in SNCC’s Communications office, becoming its director and editor of the newsletter. Minor also edited much of Stokely Carmichael’s political correspondence, and edited “Stokely Speaks”, his collection of speeches. Ethel died September 2022 in Chicago.
L-R: Stokely Carmichael, Ethel Minor, Kwame Nkrumah