| Other author/creator | Fauntroy, Walter E. interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy |
| Portion of title |
Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy |
| Abstract |
Minister and civil rights leader The Reverend Walter Fauntroy was born in Washington, D.C. on February 6, 1933. He graduated from Virginia Union University with his B.A. degree in 1955, and from Yale University Divinity School with a B.D. in 1958. The following year, he became pastor of his childhood church, New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Fauntroy then served as president of the Model Inner City Community Organization. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him vice chairman of the White House's "To Fulfill These Rights" conference. One year later, Fauntroy was appointed vice chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia before being elected as the district's congressional delegate in 1971. He campaigned as the Democratic candidate in the D.C. presidential primaries in 1972 and 1976, winning the primary in 1972. Fauntroy was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and founded the National Black Leadership Roundtable in 1977. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 January 23. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2003.016 HistoryMakers |
