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Director of the African American Leadership Institute at the University of Maryland. He is author of many books. His most recent is titled Freedom Is Not Enough: Black Voters, Black Candidates, and American Presidential Politics. Ron is also the chair of the advisory committee of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

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