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Tella Babajide wins Winslow Sargeant Doctoral Award

Mr. Babajide Tella has been named the recipient of the 2023-2024 Winslow Sargeant Doctoral Award by the Ronald W.

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Statement from Dr. Elsie L. Scott, Director, The Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center on the Death of U.S. Representative John Lewis

I am truly saddened by the news of the passing of Rep.

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April 17 2020

To Our Friends and Associates:

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January 9 2020

Dear Howard University Community,

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By Dr. Elsie L. Scott, Director, Ronald W. Walters Leadership & Public Policy Center, Howard University

Rep.

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Howard University Gate

Remembering Ronald W. "Ron" Walters, Ph.D. (July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2010) - American Author, Speaker and Renowned Scholar of African-American Politics

It has been nine years since Dr.

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In Memoriam of Ronald V. Dellums

Ronald V. Dellums served as the first Visiting Fellow at the Ronald W.

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Howard University Gate

Scholar in Residence

During the spring and summer of 2016, the Ronald W. Walters Center hosted its first scholar-in-residence, Dr.

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Ronald Walters Scholarship

Zha’Mari Hurley, a 3.77 GPA graduate from Jersey City, NJ, was selected by the Ronald W.

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Walters Center Student Assistants Receive Degrees

Nicolette C.

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Young African Leaders Institute (YALI) Mandela Fellowship Program

Howard University was selected as one of the host sites for the YALI Mandela Fellow Program for the third straight ye