Insulted, embarrassed and desperate for cash, 130 Black groups formed a band of beggars called Unity 04 under the co-chairmanship of Urban League President Marc Morial, Dorothy Height of the National Council of Negro Women, and University of Maryland political scientist Ron Walters.
senator; Charlotte Lane, a former PSC chair and former commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission; Jim Moss, a cost management specialist with Toyota Motors Manufacturing; Ken Reed, a pharmacist in Berkeley Springs and Ron Walters, Jr., an insurance and financial consultant in Charleston.
Date: May 13, 2014
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Pop quiz: How many blacks have been elected to the Senate?
I remember broaching this issue 10 years ago, when the black senatorial contingent was zero. Ron Walters, a black political analyst and ex-aide to Jesse Jackson Sr., nailed it in his response: "Blacks face a tremendous uphill battle raising money for a statewide race. They can't pick up the phone an