On this day, Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a former aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., became the first non-voting congressional delegate from the District of Columbia since the Reconstruction era. His appointment marked a pivotal moment in the fight for D.C. residents’ political representation and civil rights, bringing national attention to issues of enfranchisement in the nation’s capital.
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