Rev. Fauntroy and Father George Gingras were speakers at a rally at Lafayette Park following a memorial service for voting rights activist Rev. James Reeb, killed in Selma in March 1965.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Walter Fauntroy and New Bethel Baptist Church
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Walter Fauntroy and New Bethel Baptist Church
Civil Rights Tour: Political Empowerment - Walter Fauntroy and New Bethel Baptist Church
For 60 years spanning much of the second half of the 20th century, New Bethel Baptist Church at 1739 9th Street was led by Rev. Walter Fauntroy, one of DC's most respected civil rights leaders. A native Washingtonian and graduate of Dunbar High…