| Item Description: | Ron Dellums was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1970 after being recruited by anti-Vietnam War activists to run against the incumbent, Jeffery Cohelan, a white liberal close to organized labor who had not opposed the war early enough to win reelection in the district. Dellums defeated Cohelan in the Democratic primary and won the general election, with crucial support from Coretta Scott King.
Includes reproduction of a photograph by Bob Fitch of a veiled Coretta Scott King listening to a sermon at the funeral of her husband, April 4, 1968. |
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