Word: fauntroy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...flight of whites from the city proceeded apace (71% of the 756,000 residents are now blacks), this absence of franchise came to take on racial overtones. At least the beginnings of a remedy were provided last week with the election of Walter E. Fauntroy, 37, a black Baptist minister, as the capital's first Representative in 96 years.*With one hand clenched in a Black Power salute and the other raised in a "V" peace sign, the ebullient Democrat swept 58.5% of the vote to outdistance John Nevius (25%), a white Republican attorney, and four other black candidates...
...catch in Fauntroy's election is that he will be a nonvoting member of the House; he also becomes the 437th member, which places him on the last rung of the seniority ladder. Otherwise, he receives full congressional privileges, including an office with a staff of 13, an annual salary of $42,500, a vote on the House District of Columbia Committee (where he will likely be placed), and the right to introduce legislation...
...former aide to the late Martin Luther King, Fauntroy has style and personal magnetism. His lively manner and soaring rhetoric reflect careful study of his mentor. Fauntroy campaigned (with the help of Mrs. Coretta King) on the theme "He's going to get us all together." His goals: home rule for Washington and full representation and voting privileges for the capital in Congress...