- Ron Simmons was born on March 2, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a producer, known for Anthem (1991) and Tongues Untied (1989). He died on May 28, 2020 in the USA.
- As a preteen, he along with other black students were bussed to integrate Montauk Junior High.
- Ron grew up in the Van Dyke housing projects in Bronzeville, Brooklyn, New York.
- Graduated from Brooklyn, New York's Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in 1968.
- Graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a B.A. in Afro-American Studies (1972), a M.A. in African History (1978), and a M.S. in Educational Communications (1979).
- Received his Ph.D. in Mass Communications from Howard University in 1987.
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