Walter E. Fauntroy

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 People's 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.