tostokely carmichael comes the united states in 1941 and is part of the student nonviolent coordinatingmittee. he is a young activist and is arrested 27 times. he starts to argue that black people need to have radical political self-determination. he is militantly nonviolent and, over time, that transforms. tavis: why? >> because of the experiences. he sees people getting murdered. one of his dear friends is a white activist, named johnson daniels. that has a transformative effect. he thinks that african-americans have to fight back. tavis: how to see come to being abdicate in the first place -- advocate in the first place? well, it is his background. his mother is a huge influence. she is from trinidad. his father is a carpenter. a hard-working black man who is very religious. he starts to identify with underdogs. he goes one the best high schools in new york city. the civil rights organizer of the march on washington becomes the mentor. he sees his speech and asked who it is. he says, that is who i want to be. tavis: what is the scourge come from? -- this courage come from? when you c