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Walter Fauntroy
American politician (born 1933)
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.
He was a candidate for the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential nominations as a favorite son.[1][2]
Biography
Early life and education
The fourth of seven children, Walter Fauntroy was born and raised in Washington, D.C..
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His mother, Ethel (Vines) Fauntroy, was a homemaker. His father, William Thomas Fauntroy Sr.,[3] was a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office. Walter grew up in the Shaw community in Northwest Washington, and attended the New Bethel Baptist Church just a few blocks from his home.
He graduated second in his class at Washington's all-black Dunbar High School in 1951, and the members of his church held fund-raising dinners to provide him with a college scholarship. When h
