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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...
...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...
...While mayor of Gary, Hatcher says, he also became involved in the movement to get a Black person elected president...
...field a candidate in the 1984 presidential race. After a good deal of controversy, Hatcher says, a group of Black leaders first decided in Chicago to support a Black candidate and picked Jesse Jackson some what later. Hatcher says a number of other Blacks were considered, including Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young...
...study group, Hatcher says, he plans to look at certain watershed events in recent American history which have contributed to the rise of Blacks in politics. For example, 1967, the year in which he was elected mayor, was the year in which Blacks "moved away from the street [demonstrations] and moved towards the electoral arena," he says...