THE DEMOCRATS MAY RETAKE THE SENATE AND HOUSE, BUT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRESS THE REPUBLICANS ON SUPPORTING D.C. STATEHOOD

Having risen through the Civil Rights Movement, both Senator Ted Kennedy and Congressman Walter Fauntroy — who marshalled the D.C. Voting Rights Amendment through the House and Senate — were silhouettes of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Both believed that some elected Republicans were within our reach, and they were right.

Congress passed the D.C. Voting Rights Amendment, by SuperMajority votes, two-thirds in the House and two-thirds in the Senate.…  

RONALD REAGAN SIGNED THE KING HOLIDAY BILL, AND A BIPARTISAN CONGRESS VOTED TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT REAGAN’S VETO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI-APARTHEID ACT. I WAS THERE FOR BOTH.

The time for D.C. Statehood is now. I gave a quarter of a century of my life as a staff person for Congress, and I can tell you, the environment for passing the King Holiday Bill, after years of trying, was comparable to today’s environment. President Reagan repeatedly said Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Communist, and he would not sign the Bill.…  

WHAT WILL ASPIRING ATHLETES, LIKE MY GRANDCHILDREN LEGEND AND REVA DO IF THERE IS NO REAL CHANCE FOR NIL MONEY (NAME, IMAGE AND LIKENESS)?