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Walter Edward Fauntroy Jr. (born February 6, 1933) is an American pastor, civil rights activist, and politician who was the Washington, D.C. delegate to the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1991.
Jan 23, 2003 · Walter Fauntroy remembers racial segregation and discrimination in Richmond, Virginia and the first time he met Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Walter Fauntroy describes influential figures at Virginia Union University like Howard Thurman, Vernon Johns, Virgil Wood, Samuel DeWitt Proctor, and HistoryMakers L. Douglas…
Jun 27, 2016 · Walter E. Fauntroy, Washington’s legendary former congressional delegate, was arrested Monday morning at Dulles International Airport and jailed in Loudoun County after returning home...
Rev. Walter Fauntroy, ’58 B.D., played a behind-the-scenes but significant role in major civil rights events including the 1963 March on Washington, the Selma to Montgomery March of 1965, and the Meredith Mississippi Freedom March of 1966.
Aug 26, 2020 · This time, instead of Dr. King, Walter Fauntroy and others laying the groundwork for the march, the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, has volunteered his organization to lead the commemorative event.
Oct 24, 2009 · The Reverend Walter Fauntroy talked about his life and career. He was the first delegate to Congress from the District of Columbia.
Mar 26, 2008 · Reverend Walter E. Fauntroy, pastor, Congressional representative, and civil rights activist, was born in Washington, D.C., on February, 6, 1933. The son of Ethel Vines Fauntroy and William Thomas Fauntroy, who worked in the U.S. Patent Office, Walter Fauntroy graduated from Dunbar High School in 1952.
Walter Edward Fauntroy is an American pastor, civil rights activist, and politician who was a delegate to the United States House of Representatives and a candidate for the 1972 and...
Fauntroy, Walter E. February 6, 1933. While attending Virginia Union University in 1953, Walter Fauntroy was asked by Wyatt Tee Walker to make a room available for Martin Luther King, who was traveling from Atlanta to Boston to attend graduate school.
Mar 23, 1971 · Fauntroy, who was born in 1933, entered Congress under legislation signed by President Richard Nixon in 1970 after having won a three-way Democratic primary.
