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Campaign button, c. 1975, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
FAUNTROY, Walter Edward, a Delegate from the District of Columbia; born in Washington, D.C.,
February 6, 1933; attended Washington (D.C.) public schools; graduated from
Dunbar High School, Washington, D.C., 1952; B.A., Virginia Union University,
Richmond, Va., 1955; B.D., Yale University Divinity School, 1958; pastor, New
Bethel Baptist Church, 1959 to present; founder and director, Model Inner City
Community Organization, 1966-1972; director, Washington Bureau, Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, 1960-1971; vice chairman, District of Columbia
City Council, 1967-1969; vice chairman, White House Conference to Fulfill These
Rights, 1966; national coordinator, Poor Peoples Campaign, 1969; chairman,
board of directors, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Social Change, Atlanta,
Ga.; member, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 1961-1971; delegate,
Democratic National Convention, 1972; elected as a Democrat a Delegate to the
Ninety-second Congress, by special election, March 23, 1971; reelected to the
nine succeeding Congresses (March 23, 1971-January 3, 1991); was not a
candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990 but was
an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for mayor of Washington, D.C.; is a
resident of Washington, D.C.
BibliographyWalter Edward Fauntroy in
Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007. Prepared under the
direction of the Committee on House Adminstration by the Office of History
& Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 2008.
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