What Has This Got to Do with the Liberation of Black People? : The Impact of Ronald W. Walters on African American Thought and Leadership.

Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- From Wichita to Washington -- Black Activism Encounters American Political Science -- Political Strategist and Public Intellectual -- Major Themes in Walters' Writings and Work -- Overview of Chapters -- Notes -- Part I -- 1. Our Tallest Tree: An Essay toward a Biography of Ronald Walters -- The Walters' Roots: Kansas, Wichita, and the "American Dilemma" -- Racial Tensions of the 1910s and 1920s in America and Texas -- The Twenties and the Walters Clan Move to Wichita -- Black Schooling in Wichita: Growing Up Black in Wichita Kansas in the 1940s and 1950s -- Ron's Wichita Public School Years: 1943-1955 -- Turner's Drugstore: The Corner -- Dunbar Elementary School: The Black Community's Center -- Wichita High School East: "The Corner" -- Boys State and Boys Nation: A Meeting with the President -- Entering the University of Wichita -- The Transition from "Student" to Scholar: Pursuing a Black Intellectual Tradition -- From the Study of Africa to Black Studies -- From Kansas to National Prominence: Ron Walters as the "Tallest Tree" -- References -- 2. The Groundbreaking Wichita Sit-In Movement: An Essay in Appreciation of Ronald Walters' Scholarly and Political Contributions -- The Famous Civil Rights Movement -- Civil Rights Movement and Scholarly Analyses -- Blind Spots in the Southern Perspective on the Civil Rights Movement -- Racism in Wichita and Seeds of Rebellion -- Protest in Wichita: Groundbreaking Lunch Counter Sit-Ins -- Wichita's Sit-Ins as Innovative Model -- References -- 3. Reflections -- Part II -- 4. The Black Science in Political Science -- Black Science Political Science Frameworks -- The Costs of Engaging in Black Science Research -- References.

5. Black Intellectuals in the Age of New Democratic Politics: Reflections on Ronald Walters, the Maryland Years -- Howard University at College Park -- The African American Leadership Institute -- Opposing NAFTA for Africa and the New Democrats -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part III -- 6. A Modest Proposal: A Call for Leadership Specialization and the Recognition of Multiple Black Constituencies -- Introduction -- Black Political Leadership: A View from the 1990s -- Has Anything Changed? -- Where Do We Go from Here? A Call for Specialization -- Outlining Specialization -- Addressing Concerns -- Specialization and Descriptive Representation -- Specialization and the Insider-Outsider Strategy -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7. Still Waters Run Deep: Synthesizing Ronald Walters' Theses on Black Leadership and Black Nationalism -- Introduction -- Black Leadership -- Black Nationalism -- Synthesizing Black Leadership and Black Nationalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part IV -- 8. Usurper-in-Chief? White Nationalism, the Tea Party Movement, and President Barack Obama -- Introduction -- The Role of Racism in Politics and Policymaking: Walters on White Nationalism -- Reading the Tea Leaves: White Nationalism and the Tea Party -- The Rise of the Movement -- Anger in the Nation: Evidence of Alienation in the Tea Party -- The Tea Party in State and Nation: Organization, Structure, and Leadership -- "NOBAMA": The Tea Party and the President -- Conclusions and Outlook -- Notes -- 9. White Nationalism, Black Interests, and Contemporary American Politics -- White Nationalism, Black Interests -- White Nationalism, Black Interests and Research on Racial Representation -- White Nationalism and Contemporary American Politics -- References -- Part V -- 10. Ronald Walters and the District of Columbia: Action Research and the Odyssey of the Capital Colony.

Action Research and the Role of a Public Intellectual -- Ronald Walters, Howard University, and the Status of Washington, D.C. -- Walters as Activist-Journalist-Scholar in Washington, D.C. -- Walters and Advisory Neighborhood Commissions -- Statehood and the District of Columbia Constitutional Convention -- Walters and the Dilemmas of Leadership in the District of Columbia -- Democratic Destiny and Political Power in the District of Columbia -- References -- 11. Ronald Walters as a Political Empowerment Theorist: The Concept of Leverage Strategies -- The Pioneering Theoreticians: W.E.B. Du Bois and Ralph J. Bunche -- African American Political Neophytes and Ronald Walters' Initial Leverage Theory -- African American Political Neophytes and Ronald Walters' Refined Leverage Theory -- Ronald Walters and an African American President: Another Modification of the Theory -- Ronald Walters' Leverage Theory: An Appraisal and Evaluation -- Notes -- Part VI -- 12. Ronald Walters: Theory and Practice of Foreign Policy Justice -- Introduction -- Global Consciousness -- Ronald Walters: International Activist and Scholar -- A Black Internationalist Approach to Scholarship -- Theorizing Foreign Policy Justice -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 13. Ronald Walters: Pan Africanism and International Struggles for Social Justice -- Introduction -- Progressive Women Intervene to Reshape the Pan-African Discourse -- Walters' Brand of Pan Africanism -- Struggles in the Academy -- Mainstream Academia and the Study of Pan Africanism in the Era of the Cold War -- Pan Africanism and the African Liberation Support Committee (ALSC) -- Working Inside and Outside the Political System to Combat Racism -- Notes -- 14. Reparations, Citizenship, and the Politics of Identity -- Notes -- Part VII -- 15. Civil Rights and the First Black President: Barack Obama and the Politics of Racial Equality.

Multiple Dimensions of Civil Rights in the Obama Era -- Citizenship Rights -- Human Rights -- The Obama Victory and the Civil Rights Agendas -- The Obama Presidency and the Civil Rights Agenda -- "A Racial Pass?" -- Notes -- Afterword -- Notes -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Editors -- Contributors -- Index.

A compelling intellectual and political study of a leading post-civil rights era African American political theorist and strategist.

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