Patricia Turner Walters has donated her coveted collection of African American art, valued at $2,519,950, to Howard University recently. Her husband, the renowned scholar and activist Ronald W. Walters, Ph.D., was recognized as a leading political strategist and expert on issues affecting the African diaspora.
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Walters had served as a professor in Howard University’s Department of Political Science for 25 years and was the department chair for almost a decade. In order to continue and expand Walters’ legacy, Howard University will establish the Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics. The chair will be housed in the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center at Howard University. It will spur interdisciplinary collaborations across the school on many of the diverse issues of race and black politics, especially those issues that affect Americans of the African diaspora.
“It is an incredible honor to receive this generous gift of precious art from the Walters family,” said President Wayne A. I. Frederick in a press release. “This collection of sculptures and portraits and paintings will be an excellent complement to our gallery and a beneficial focus of training in our art history courses.”
Source: Howard University Receives $2.5 Million Gift of African American Art
