Howard University has named Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams as its first Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics.
Abrams, a lawyer and former top Democrat in the Georgia House of Representatives, will join the university’s faculty to foster collaborations and real-world solutions on “critical issues of race and Black politics, especially those issues that affect Americans of the African diaspora,” the university said.
Abrams will also lead the Ronald W. Walters Speakers Series to ensure diverse perspectives on a range of topics.
“Stacey Abrams has proven herself an essential voice and eager participant in protecting American democracy — not just for certain populations, but for everyone with the fundamental right to make their voices heard,” Howard University President Wayne A.I. Frederick said in Wednesday’s announcement.
“We are pleased to welcome Stacey Abrams to Howard University as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics!” the university tweeted.
Ronald W. Walters was an internationally renowned scholar and activist on issues affecting the African diaspora through his death in 2010. The endowed chair was created in Walters’ name to continue his legacy and establish Howard University as a scholarship leader in Black politics.
After serving in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, Abrams became a voting rights activist. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2018 and 2022 Georgia gubernatorial elections, losing both times to Republican candidate Brian Kemp. Following her first narrow loss, Abrams refused to concede and accused Kemp, who was Georgia’s Secretary of State at the time, of voter suppression.
In 2019, Abrams became the first African-American woman to deliver a response to the State of the Union address.
“I am honored to serve as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics, having had the privilege of knowing and learning from Dr. Walters,” Abrams said Wednesday.
“We are at an inflection point for American and international democracy, and I look forward to engaging Howard University’s extraordinary students in a conversation about where they can influence, shape and direct the critical public policy decisions we face.”
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how much more of this racial wokeness can we stand before we say ENOUGH
“Stacey Abrams has proven herself an essential voice and eager participant in protecting American democracy — not just for certain populations, but for everyone with the fundamental right to make their voices heard,”
Of course your voice is heard and your opinion matters. – But Not to Me.!
Personally I never cared what color or race or religion you were.
UNTIL:
• You started blaming my race for YOUR problems.
• I never cared about your political affiliation until YOU started to condemn me for mine.
• I never cared where you were born until YOU wanted to erase my history and blame my ancestors for all your current problems.
• I never cared if you were well-off or poor until YOU said you were discriminated against because you weren’t given what you wanted.
• I never cared if your beliefs were different from mine until YOU said my belief were wrong.
• NOW I care, My patience and tolerance are gone
• YOUR whining about racism and YOUR rioting, burning, looting every time you disagree with something, Disgusts me.
• I.A.W. U.S. Census & 2018 FBI (Table 43a) Black males make up about 7% of the U.S. population but every year commit ~56% of all the murders and ~58% of all robberies in the U.S…
Perfectly said. I’d give you a million upvotes if I could.
I’ve been saying ENOUGH OF THIS, for years already..
It’s too late to do anything . The destruction of america has been in the planning for many years. Stalin overthrew Russia and he wasn’t even in Russia,he simply guided his useful idiots to divide and conquer ,do the dirty work for him .our school systems have been taken over,from low to highest,our news is run by bought and paid for media ****** led by their puppet masters to lie,twist the truth for the agenda of divide and destroy.
No wonder our educational system is putting out such intellectual deadbeats—every time you turn around, some Liberal politician is landing a job teaching at one of them.
AND that’s why i would just love to ERADICATE EVERY DAMN ONE of these so-called institutes of higher learning..
This is just another example of the attitude of Black America. This nonsense started with Obama and has now infiltrated our federal government and universities. Conservatives and primarily – white America – need to stand up to this rubbish. I believe in equal opportunity but this does not equate to equal outcomes. The brightest and hardest workers are generally the most successful. We are slowly losing our country and if this trend continues we are going to end up like Africa. Can anyone name one African country that is a role model for economic success or good governance?
All of Africa is a third world country..south Africa was good until blacks took over , leaders r corrupt,riots,looting ,burning and killing r the norm. Sound familiar?
That’s what they would like to do with this nation.
Who better to teach students than a two-time loser who sees everything in black VS. white.
The “black vs. white” issue is what keeps them (liberals) in the news. They have nothing else to bank on with their track record of economic and cultural destruction. And of course they are lifted up by the corrupted national media who thrives upon the racial discord pot boiling.
I wonder why our Universities are sending out mindless graduates who don’t understand basic rights and responsibilities and now I see why.
If you can’t make it in the real world, teach and turn your student’s brains into mush. I thought election deniers were all cancelled. I guess she gets a pass because she is special.
Ahh, its only Conservatives who are election deniers, that are “evil”…
It’s not often I’m at a loss for words but this article does it!
I would think to have a position like this you would have to have a brain!
Endowed Chair for Race, Black Politics ?
What exactly does this even mean ?
It means that she will be able to read her smut books she wrote to a captive college audience. Maybe make a few bucks.
Sure hope that endowed chair is extra heavy duty.