as All Things Considered and Living Room. Walters was married to Patricia Ann Walters and lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. He died from lung cancer at the age of 72. Works and publications Black Presidential Politics in America Pan Africanism in the African Diaspora White Nationalism, Black Interests: Conservative Public Policy and the Black Community Freedom is Not Enough: Black Voters, Black Candidates, and American Presidential Politics The Legitimacy to Lead Standing Up in America's Heartlands: Sitting in Before Greensboro Awards Ralph Bunche Prize 2-time winner of the Best Book award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Distinguished faculty award from Howard University Distinguished Scholar/Activist Award, The Black Scholar Magazine W.E.B. DuBois/Frederick Douglas Award, African Heritage Studies Association Ida Wells Barnett Award, Association of Black School Educators Fannie Lou Hamer Award, National Conference of Black Political Scientists Distinguished Faculty Contributions to the campus Diversity, University of Maryland Wells-W.E.B. DuBois Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the National Council for Black Studies References Sources Academy of Leadership: Ron Walters. (2005). Retrieved March 6, 2007 from https://web.archive.org/web/20071002033851/http://www.academy.umd.edu:80/AboutUs/staff/RWalters.htm. History Makers: Ron Walters Biography. (2003). Retrieved March 7, 2007 from https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/ronald-walters-39 PBS Think Tank: Biography: Ron Walters. (2003). Retrieved March 7, 2007 from https://www.pbs.org/thinktank/bio_1275.html. Ron Walters. (2006). Retrieved March 6, 2007 from https://web.archive.org/web/20100606202939/http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/walters/ External links African-American political scientists American political scientists American civil rights activists American University alumni University of Maryland, College Park faculty University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences people Fisk University alumni 1938 births 2010 deaths Deaths from cancer in Maryland Writers from Kansas Writers from Maryland American University School of International Service alumni 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people