Background
Fauntroy, Walter E. was born on February 6, 1933 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William T. and Ethel (Vine) Fauntroy.
Fauntroy, Walter E. was born on February 6, 1933 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of William T. and Ethel (Vine) Fauntroy.
Bachelor cum laude, Virginia Union University, 1955. Bachelor of Divinity, Yale University Division School, 1958. Bachelor of Divinity honorary degree, Muskingum College, 1971.
Bachelor of Divinity honorary degree, Virginia Union University, 1968. Bachelor of Divinity honorary degree, Yale University, 1969. Bachelor of Divinity honorary degree, Georgetown University Law Center, 1979.
Pastor New Bethel Baptist Church, Washington, since 1958. Founder, former director Model Inner City Community Organization Inc. Del from District of Columbia 92d-101st Congresses, 1971—1990.
Chairman Congressional Black Caucus, 1981-1983. Founder Fauntroy & Associates, since 1991. Director Washington bureau Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1960-1971.
Now chairman board directors. Coordinator March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963. Chairman District of Columbia Coalition of Conscience, 1965.
Coordination Selma to Montgomery March, 1965. Vice chairman White House Conference to Fulfill these Rights, 1966. National coordinator Poor People's Campaign, 1969.
Member Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Yale University Council, 1969-1974. Vice-chairman District of Columbia City Council, 1967-1969.
Board directors Martin Luther King Junior Center for Social Change, from 1969.
Married Dorothy Simms, August 3, 1957. 1 son, Marvin Keith.