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Dr. Ron Daniels

Dr. Ron Daniels is President of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and Distinguished Lecturer Emeritus, York College City University of New York. His articles and essays appear on the IBW website www.ibw21.org and www.northstarnews.com. His weekly radio show, Vantage Point can be heard Mondays 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM on WBAI, 99.5 FM, Pacifica in New York, streaming live via WBAI.org. To send a message, arrange media interviews or speaking engagements, Dr. Daniels can be reached via email at info@ibw21.org

Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels

Amilcar Cabral in the Contemporary Context: The “Struggle Against Our Own Weaknesses”

By Commentaries/Opinions, Vantage Point Articles

First, to the Honorable Pedro Pires, former distinguished President of Cape Verde and President of the Amilcar Cabral Foundation, Officials of Government, Officials of the Foundation and assembled Speakers and Panelists, I consider it a great honor and privilege to be afforded an opportunity to share a few ideas on the relevance of the thought and theory of Amilcar Cabral in the contemporary context on the occasion of the Commemoration of his 90th Birthday.

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels

President Barack Obama: More Than the “Lesser Evil”

By Commentaries/Opinions, Vantage Point Articles

The Republican and Democratic Conventions are history, and the campaign for the presidency will shift into high gear.  Viewing the two conventions should have given African Americans a glimpse of the difference in composition and direction of the two major parties.  As a friend of mine, who is White, remarked, “Ron, the Republican Convention was White, but the Democratic Convention looked like America.”

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels

State of the Black World Conferences: This Generation’s Black Power Experience

By Commentaries/Opinions, Vantage Point Articles, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

In the Second Call for State of the Black World Conference III, we issued a challenge to make the event a “Great Gathering of Black People,” a seminal assembly to assess the state of the race and chart directions for the future. Though State of the Black World Conferences are open to any person of African descent, the vision/mission of  the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW), as the convening organization, is progressive, African-centered and action-oriented in nature.

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels

FraserNet Refocuses on Improving Black People First … America Will Follow

By Commentaries/Opinions, Vantage Point Articles

I recently had the privilege of participating in George Fraser’s Power Networking Conference (PNC) in Dallas.  Sponsored by FraserNet, the Conference is one of the most amazing gatherings of Black people that occurs in Black America — annually attracting thousands of Black professionals eager to embrace George’s vision/mission of “creating wealth that can be passed on inter-generationally and making Black people the number one employers of Black people in the 21st Century.” Once again this year I had the honor of conducting the Libation Ceremony along with Kwa David Whitaker, a longtime friend and mentor of George. I was also a Panelist for the Town Hall Meeting.

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels

Reasserting the Vision/Mission of “Black Nationalism”: Remembering Malcolm in a Time of Crisis

By Commentaries/Opinions, Vantage Point Articles, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

The Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) is in the process of convening Town Hall Meetings in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh and Baltimore on the devastating effects of the “War on Drugs” on Black America and gearing up for State of the Black World Conference III (SOBWC) at Howard University in D.C. in November after the 2012 presidential election.

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels

Beyond the Trayvon Martin Mobilization: A Movement to End Mass Incarceration and Rebuild America’s “Dark Ghettos”

By Commentaries/Opinions, Vantage Point Articles, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

All across America a massive mobilization is in full force demanding justice in the horrific and unjustified death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. It was a vigilante style killing aided and abetted by Florida’s wild, wild west “Stand Your Ground” law.  The Trayvon Martin case has struck a nerve in Black America, not only because of the tragic and unnecessary death of a promising young African American man, but because this case is symbolic of a broader pattern of assault on young Black males throughout the country.

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Commentary, Articles and Essays by Dr. Ron Daniels

It’s Nation Time: The 40th Anniversary of the Gary National Black Political Convention

By Commentaries/Opinions, Vantage Point Articles, War on the “War on Drugs” Posts

March 10-12, 1972, an estimated 10,000 Black people converged on a small steel town in Indiana for one of the greatest gatherings in the history of Africans in America – the Gary National Black Political Convention.  As I reflect on more than a half century on the frontlines of the Black Freedom Struggle,  anyone who is intimately familiar with my work is aware that the Gary Black Political Convention  was one of the defining moments for an emerging social/political activist from Youngstown, Ohio.

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