Ronald W. Walters and the Fight for Black Power, 1969-2010

Product Description Combines history and biography to interpret the last half century of black politics in America as represented in the life and work of a pivotal African American public intellectual. Review “Smith’s sympathetic but probing and nuanced account offers a unique glimpse into the struggles, successes, and satisfactions of Walters’s engaged life.” ― Journal of American History “This political biography’s intellectual dissecting should be seen as a definitive roadmap to the future of American-based Black nationalist and Pan-African political development.” ― Diverse: Issues in Higher Education “This book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of one of the most pivotal scholarly voices in global black politics of the twentieth century. Smith has done an excellent job capturing the personality, history, and the interpersonal affections and loyalties of this extraordinary man.” ― Todd C. Shaw, author of Now Is the Time! Detroit Black Politics and Grassroots Activism “Organizing Ron’s biography around the evolution of the black struggle is a really great and appropriate idea; the struggle and Ron were one.” ― Mack H. Jones, author of Knowledge, Power, and Black Politics: Collected Essays About the Author Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science at San Francisco State University. His many books include African American Leadership, coauthored with Walters, and What Has This Got to Do with the Liberation of Black People? The Impact of Ronald W. Walters on African American Thought and Leadership (coedited with Cedric Johnson and Robert G. Newby), both also published by SUNY Press.