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...Hatcher, a five-term mayor of Gary, Indiana, will be leading a study group called "Politics of Black America: The Jackson Campaign and Beyond," in which he will be tracing the rise of Blacks in American politics...
...Institute of Politics (IOP) could not have found anyone more involved with the current political scene than Richard Hatcher. Now serving part-time as a senior advisor to Presidential hopeful Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, Hatcher was the vice chairman of Jesse Jackson's national campaign this year and chairman of the Jackson campaign...
Elected mayor in 1967, Hatcher says he had a rough start in politics. He says he was encouraged to run for mayor by civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. at a time when Blacks were trying to strengthen their voice in politics...
...that time many Black politicians--including Hatcher--found themselves under investigation by authorities, ranging from local police to the FBI, without ever being subpoenaed. In his case, he says, city workers under investigation for transgressions were told charges would be dropped if they could help incriminate...
...Eventually, I decided I had about had it, and I asked for an appointment with Attorney General [John Mitchell] of the United States," Hatcher says. "I told him this has to stop. If there is anything in your files that justifies these investigations, indict me. He looked into my file...and there was just a lot of newspaper clippings. That...