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.

"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

• AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroduction1. Wichita to Washington2. Black Power3. Black Studies4. Brandeis5. Howard6. Paradoxes of Black Power: Community, Culture, and Ideology7. White Power, White Nationalism8. Leadership in Search of Black Power9. Black Power and Presidential Politics10. Asking for the Moon: Black Power and Reparations11. Black Power and Democracy in America: The Ultimate Paradox12. Ronald Walters and the Long Black Intellectual Tradition13. Fighting for the Black PerspectiveEpilogue NdabaNote on Sources and ResearchNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex

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.

"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

• AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroduction1. Wichita to Washington2. Black Power3. Black Studies4. Brandeis5. Howard6. Paradoxes of Black Power: Community, Culture, and Ideology7. White Power, White Nationalism8. Leadership in Search of Black Power9. Black Power and Presidential Politics10. Asking for the Moon: Black Power and Reparations11. Black Power and Democracy in America: The Ultimate Paradox12. Ronald Walters and the Long Black Intellectual Tradition13. Fighting for the Black PerspectiveEpilogue NdabaNote on Sources and ResearchNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex

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.

"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

• AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroduction1. Wichita to Washington2. Black Power3. Black Studies4. Brandeis5. Howard6. Paradoxes of Black Power: Community, Culture, and Ideology7. White Power, White Nationalism8. Leadership in Search of Black Power9. Black Power and Presidential Politics10. Asking for the Moon: Black Power and Reparations11. Black Power and Democracy in America: The Ultimate Paradox12. Ronald Walters and the Long Black Intellectual Tradition13. Fighting for the Black PerspectiveEpilogue NdabaNote on Sources and ResearchNotesSelected BibliographyAbout the AuthorIndex