Norton to Deliver Remarks at Funeral of Dr. Ron Walters Today (09/20/2010)
Norton to Deliver Remarks at Funeral of Dr. Ronald Walters Today September 20, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) will deliver remarks today at the funeral of civil rights activist and professor, Dr. Ronald Walters, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, DC. "I offer my sincere condolences to the family of Dr. Ronald Walters, a good friend, heralded public intellectual, and social justice activist," said Norton. "Ronald enriched the lives of many Americans through his scholarly contributions and public commentary on politics. Just last month, Dr. Walters served as the lead panelist for a Roundtable of my Black Men and Boys Commission entitled, Black Men and Employment: What Black Men Need to Do in the Toughest Job Market In History, where Ron, with great clarity, laid the predicate for the Roundtable by framing the issues in society and within the Black community that affect the chronic unemployment rates of African American men. I have been in the process of preparing to help launch a book he co-edited, Democratic Destiny and the District of Columbia. I will miss Ron's friendship and guidance, and our country will miss the oversized role he played in our political and intellectual life. I only wish there were more giants like him to lean on." |