The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy

1/23/2003

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.016

Civil rights leader, U.S. congressman, and pastor The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy (1933 - ) represented the citizens of D.C. in the U.S. Congress. Prior to this, he served as director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and coordinated several historic civil rights marches, including from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Fauntroy was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 1/23/2003, in Washington, D.C.. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 1; Total Tapes: 8; Total Run Time: 03h 28m 50s

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Fauntroy, Walter E., 1933-

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Walter Edward Fauntroy (born February 6, 1933) is the former pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and a civil rights activist. He is also a former delegate to the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential nominations as a favorite son, as well as a human rights activist. His stated life work is to advocate public policy that "declares Good News to the poor, that binds up the broken hearted and sets at liberty ...