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US clergyman and black activist
ordained Pentecostal minister 1964
youth director of Operation Breadbasket 1969-1971
founder and president of National Youth Movement 1971-1986
founder and president of National Action Network, Inc. 1991--
candidate for Democratic nomination to Senate from New York 1992, 1994
co-wrote autobiography "Go and Tell Pharaoh" 1996
candidate for Democratic nomination for New York City mayor 1997
fined 1998 for defaming prosecutor falsely accused by Tawana Brawley in 1987 rape hoax
candidate for Democratic presidential nomination 2004
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