Walter E. Fauntroy was born on February 6, 1933, in Washington, D.C. He later became the first non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for the District of Columbia since Reconstruction. A key figure in the civil rights movement, Fauntroy worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and played a major role in organizing the 1963 March on Washington.
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