About me
Dr. Wes Bellamy is the author of “When White Supremacy Knocks, Fight Back! How
White People can use their Privilege and How Black People can use their Power.” He is
a former Vice-Mayor and City Councilman in Charlottesville, Virginia, is currently the
Political Science Department Chairman and Executive Director of the John Mercer
Langston Institute for African American Political Leadership at Virginia State University,
and the National Public Policy Chairman of the 100 Black Men of America. He is the
youngest individual ever elected to the Charlottesville City Council post, and he came
into the national spotlight after helping to lead the effort to remove statues of Robert E.
Lee and Stonewall Jackson from City Parks. Dr. Bellamy is truly one of the Global
thought leaders of the Millennial Generation.
He developed a comprehensive plan, the “Equity
Package,” which included nearly $4 million in aid
for marginalized communities, and pushed it
through city council. He is the co-founder of the
Black Millennial Political Convention, a Convention
focused on bringing together African American
millennials from across the country to collectively
use their power to create change. He has been
featured in the New York Times. Washington Post,
USA Today, Huffington Post, and has made appearances, on CNN, MSNBC, PBS
News Hour, NPR, The Breakfast Club, and On One with Angela Rye.
