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Sep 16, 2010

Guest Commentary

Ronald Walters – A Fighter Against Global Apartheid

By Dr. Horace Campbell, PhD Editorial Board

Brother Ron Walters joined the ancestors on September 10, 2010. Over the past fifty years he has participated as a scholar activist in all areas of the global Pan African movement. From his early years in Kansas as a youth in the movement against Jim Crow he was involved in demonstrations and sit-ins. Brother Ron…

Brother Ron Walters joined the ancestors on September 10, 2010. Over the past fifty years he has participated as a scholar activist in all areas of…

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Commentary

In Struggle Spotlight – Ron Walters, A Scholar Activist Who Mattered

By Peter Gamble Publisher

This issue of BlackCommentator.com is dedicated to remembrances of Dr. Ron Walters, PhD. Brother Ron was a member of the BlackCommentator.com Editorial board and a BC columnist. He was a noted Educator and political analyst and activist. The title of his BC column was “African American Leadership” – a subject he studied, wrote about and…

This issue of BlackCommentator.com is dedicated to remembrances of Dr. Ron Walters, PhD. Brother Ron was a member of the BlackCommentator.com Editorial board and a BC…

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Commentary

Remembering Dr. Ronald Walters

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

I had a certain commentary in mind for this week but when I received an email informing me that Dr. Ronald Walters, BlackCommentator.com editorial board member, and retired professor from the University of Maryland-College Park, had passed away, I knew that I would have to put that other topic on the back burner. Several days…

I had a certain commentary in mind for this week but when I received an email informing me that Dr. Ronald Walters, BlackCommentator.com editorial board member,…

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Commentary

Ron Walters: Scholar, Elder, Civil Rights Pioneer

By David A. Love, JD Executive Editor

His brilliant political mind was matched only by his commitment to civil rights. We have lost a great deal with the passing of Dr. Ronald W. Walters, who was many things – a scholar, a professor, a political scientist and commentator, an activist and a civil rights activist. Over the years, I have benefited from…

His brilliant political mind was matched only by his commitment to civil rights. We have lost a great deal with the passing of Dr. Ronald W.…

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Commentary

In Appreciation of Dr. Ron Walters

By Suzanne Brooks Columnist

I knew him better than he knew me, at least I think I did. His writings provoked me to reflect on the world, on myself, considering whether we were in agreement. It went both ways. There were days I wanted to pick up the phone and ask a question and times I wanted to pick…

I knew him better than he knew me, at least I think I did. His writings provoked me to reflect on the world, on myself, considering…

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Commentary

Ron Walters: The People’s Intellectual

By William (Bill) Strickland Editorial Board

I don’t remember when I first met Ron Walters because I feel that I have known him practically all my adult political life. So trying now to sum up his meaning I find quite impossible because, besides tearing up, I feel there is little I can add to the emails of sorrow and praise and…

I don’t remember when I first met Ron Walters because I feel that I have known him practically all my adult political life. So trying now…

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Commentary

An Intellectual Hero in the Cause for Justice for Black People

By Dr. Manning Marable, PhD Editorial Board

In 1976, I became involved in the National Black Political Assembly, an African-American political group that attempted to build an independent movement outside of thetwo-party electoral system. We attempted to draft Julian Bond as our presidential candidate in 1976. Thekey intellectual who helped to frame our deliberation was a young Howard University political scientist, Ronald…

In 1976, I became involved in the National Black Political Assembly, an African-American political group that attempted to build an independent movement outside of thetwo-party electoral…

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Commentary

In Memory of Ron Walters

By Lenora M. Jennings and James Jennings, PhD Editorial Board

Our four children never knew Ron Walters. But, hopefully, the imprint of Ron’s soul and heart will be with them, and their own children, forever. One day, Ron visited our home, along with Gus Newport and Gary Hatcher, when they were all in Cambridge at the same time, decades ago, and during the height of…

Our four children never knew Ron Walters. But, hopefully, the imprint of Ron’s soul and heart will be with them, and their own children, forever. One…

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Commentary

Ron Walters, PhD & the Question of Leadership

By Carl Bloice Editorial Board

The question central to Ron Walter’s academic pursuit and his practical political activity – African American political leadership – has been, and remains, central to the advancement of a progressive agenda, not just for black people but for the country as a whole. Lord knows the country is now experiencing a leadership crisis that is…

The question central to Ron Walter’s academic pursuit and his practical political activity – African American political leadership – has been, and remains, central to the…

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