Ronald W. Walters and the fight for Black power, 1969-2010 / Robert C. Smith.

From his leadership of the first modern lunch counter sit-ins at age twenty to his work on African American reparations at the time of his death at age seventy-two, Ronald W. Walters (1938-2010) was at the cutting edge of African American politics. A preeminent scholar, activist, and media commentat...

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Main Author: Smith, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1947-2023 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2018]
Series:SUNY series in African American studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Wichita to Washington
  • Black power
  • Black studies
  • Brandeis
  • Howard
  • Paradoxes of Black power: community, culture and ideology
  • White power, White nationalism
  • Leadership in search of Black power
  • Black power and presidential politics
  • Asking for the moon: Black power and reparations
  • Black power and democracy in America: the ultimate paradox
  • Ronald Walters and the long black intellectual tradition
  • Fighting for the black Perspective
  • Epilogue: Ndaba.