The Black Mozart: Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Walter Smith was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina, where he attended North Carolina Central University, majoring in French. There, he was a member of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. After graduation, he moved to New York City. He taught French and Spanish in the N.Y.C. Public Schools for several years. Later he attended graduate school at Laval University, in Quebec, Canada.