Topic: Ron Dellums
Quotes
The important thing to remember is that the wheels of justice are now in motion
Mayor calls for calm in Oakland, Calif. Jan 30, 2009
But listen to me, we are a community of people
Protests over shooting turn violent Jan 08, 2009
These takeover robberies have struck at the very heart of our community, because it affects the desire of people to be able to go out at night, to go to restaurants and to go shopping
Oakland hit by rash of restaurant holdups Aug 09, 2008
I did not want to have to exercise this option knowing that given the present environment people would interpret this as a judgment of guilt
Oakland city official placed on paid leave Jun 28, 2008
Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums (born November 24, 1935 in Oakland, California) serves as Oakland's forty-fifth (and third African-American) mayor. From 1971-1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Northern California's 9th Congressional District, which has a Cook PVI of D +37.
Dellums was born into a family of labor organizers, and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps before serving on the Berkeley, California, City Council. Dellums was the first African American elected to Congress from Northern California and the first openly Socialist Congressman since World War II. His politics earned him a place on President Nixon's enemies list.
During his career in Congress, he fought the MX Missile project and opposed expansion of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber program. When President Ronald Reagan vetoed Dellums' Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, a Democratic-controlled House and a Republican-controlled Senate overrode Reagan's veto, the first override of a presidential foreign policy veto in the 20th century.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ron Dellums."