Jaleel Bunton

My mom Dr. Linda Spears Bunton passed away last month. She was brilliant, beautiful, determined, courageous, fierce, deeply moral and bountifully gregarious. As an educator for over 50 years, she instilled in all of her children, not just the power, but the paramount necessity of education for it would be our life saving sword and shield in a world that too often seems committed to the physical and psychic debasement of people who look like us. She protected us, and prepared us for our journeys while at the same time navigating her own arduous path to the highest levels of academia. She did all of this often amidst the least hospitable of circumstances and yet, her spirit was so indomitable that she never lost her zeal to celebrate, dance, live, laugh, and love. As her many friends and students will attest, she just gave so much to so many people. There is truly nothing I could write here that would be sufficient in communicating the singular profundity of this person. A glorious and peaceful afterlife has never been more well deserved. I love you mom and I’m forever grateful.
Her memorial will be on 4/5 in Miami, FL. Please contact me for details if you wish to attend.