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	USATODAY.com - Walter Washington, first elected mayor under D.C. home rule, dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		WASHINGTON (AP) — Walter Edward Washington, the great-grandson of a slave who became the first elected mayor of the nation's capital since the Civil War and the first fl to head a major U.S. city, died Monday.
		Walter Washington acknowledges applause after he was sworn in as the nation capital's first elected mayor on Jan. 3, 1975.
		Washington later recalled that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover urged him to have looters shot, but the mayor instead imposed a "don't shoot the looter" policy and walked the streets to personally speak to angry young people.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-10-27-walter-washington-obit_x.htm (930 words)

	Walter Washington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Walter Edward Washington, (April 15, 1915 – October 27, 2003), was the first elected mayor (and first fl mayor) of the District of Columbia, (Washington, D.C. From 1975 until 1979 he served as mayor in that capacity.
		Soon after his initial appointment by President Johnson as mayor-commissioner in late 1967, Washington was faced with the riots in the District that followed the assassination of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Washington was born in Dawson, Georgia and raised in Jamestown, New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Washington (313 words)

	Encyclopedia: Walter Washington
		District of Columbia politicians Commissioner Walter Tobriner presents a Key to the City of Washington, D.C., to Kirk Douglas, ~October 1960 Walter Nathan Tobriner was born July 2, 1902 in Washington D.C. After attending the Sidwell Friends School, he went on to study at Princeton University, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts...
		Walter Edward Washington, (April 15, 1915 â“ October 27, 2003), was the first elected mayor (and first fl mayor) of the District of Columbia (Washington, DC).
		The District of Columbia, DC, Washington and Washington, DC are all interchangeable terms for the capital city and administrative district of the United States of America.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Walter-Washington (1019 words)

	Walter Washington: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Washington was also the first elected fl mayor of a major American city.
		Soon after his initial appointment by President Johnson as mayor-commissioner in late 1967, Washington was faced with the riots in the District that followed the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Washington was born in Dawson, Georgia (additional info and facts about Dawson, Georgia) and raised in Jamestown, New York (additional info and facts about Jamestown, New York).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/Wa/Walter_Washington.htm (257 words)

	Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Washington is surrounded by the states of Virginia (on its southwest side) and Maryland (on its southeast, northeast, and northwest sides); it interrupts those states' common border, which is the Potomac River's southern shore both upstream and downstream from the District.
		Washington Metro area is home to several professional sports teams: the MLS D.C. United, the NHL Washington Capitals, the NBA Washington Wizards, the WNBA Washington Mystics, the MLB Washington Nationals, and the NFL Washington Redskins (now based at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland).
		The George Washington University, founded by an act of Congress in 1821, is the largest institution of higher education in the nation's capital with its main campus in Foggy Bottom and its Mount Vernon campus in the Foxhall neighborhood of Northwest Washington.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Washington,_D.C. (6100 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Walter Washington
		Walter Washington, who died yesterday aged 88, was the great-grandson of a slave and became the first fl chief executive of a major American city when President Johnson appointed him commissioner for Washington, DC, in 1967.
		Walter Washington ignored the recommendation of the FBI's then Director, J Edgar Hoover, to shoot looters, instead taking to the capital's streets to speak to the disaffected: "I walked by myself through the city and urged them to go home and help the recovery of people who had been burned out," he later recalled.
		Walter Edward Washington was born at Dawson, Georgia, on April 15 1915; his father was a factory worker, his mother a former schoolmistress.
	travel.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/28/db2803.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2003/10/28/ixopright.html (411 words)

	CNN.com - Washington's first modern elected mayor dies at 88 - Oct. 27, 2003
		Walter Washington after he was sworn in as the nation capital's first elected mayor in Washington in 1975.
		Walter Washington, the first elected mayor of the U.S. capital in modern times and the first fl person to head the government of a major American city, died Monday.
		Washington's first year in office was marked by rioting that flared after the 1968 assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King, when hundreds of fires burned in the capital's inner city and thousands of people were arrested.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/27/dc.mayor.ap (400 words)

	Thomas Ustick Walter \| Washington DC Area Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Walter received early training in a variety of fields including masonry, mathematics, physical science, and the fine arts before studying architecture in the office of William Strickland.
		Construction on the wings began in 1851 and proceeded rapidly; the House met in its new quarters in December of 1857 and the Senate occupied its new chamber by January of 1859.
		Walter's fireproof cast-iron dome was authorized by Congress on March 3, 1855, and was nearly completed by December 2, 1863, when the Statue of Freedom was placed on top.
	www.capitalbay.com /links/adv.asp?blurb=254 (261 words)

	Remembering Walter Washington, November 2, 2003
		Walter was part of a generation of fl Washingtonians who had created a community filled with the grace, decency, and honor so lacking in the one from which they were excluded.
		Walter Washington, when he was courting Benita Bullock, used to arrive from New York on weekends, and Miss Bullock would give him the dog to walk around the block until dinner time when she would call for him from the front porch.
		Washington was the essence of being a gentleman even until the point where we in the neighborhood nicknamed him the “popsicle man” because he would buy a popsicle from Mr.
	www.dcwatch.com /themail/2003/03-11-02.htm (4180 words)

	St. Louis Independent Media Center – stlimc.org :: Utica, NY Man Shot and Killed by Police (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Washington’s brothers and parents were notified about what had happened, but were not allowed into the hospital to see him for quite some time.
		The report also mentions that after Walter was shot and had slumped to the ground, gloves were found on the scene, as well as a pellet gun and a pocket knife which were both on the ground.
		Washington that Geddes saw that there was a witness to the shooting and asked her if she had seen a man with a fl hooded sweatshirt run away.
	www.stlimc.org /newswire/display/862/index.php (1955 words)

	Explore DC: Walter Washington
		The District's first appointed and elected Mayor, Walter Washington served as the city's chief officer for 11 years, and led the transition from federal control over the city's government to Home Rule.
		Washington is largely credited with defusing racial tensions and preventing large-scale riots in the city, especially in the aftermath of Martin Luther King's assassination.
		Washington was also a tireless advocate of DC rights, and was largely influential in persuading Congress to pass Home Rule in 1973.
	www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=289 (288 words)

	Washington rallies Temple - PittsburghLIVE.com
		Sophomore Walter Washington is so big that nobody on the Pitt linebacking corps can match his weight.
		Word has it that Washington, who is in his first season at Temple after playing last season at Dodge City (Kansas) Community College, caught the eyes of NFL scouts who were watching Hokies tailback Kevin Jones, among others.
		Pitt had better hope Washington doesn't run for his weight, otherwise he'll be the fourth runner this season to eclipse the 200-yard plateau.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/s_166267.html (663 words)

	Positive Productions \| Past Events \| Walter Wolfman Washington & The Roadmasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Walter "Wolfman" Washington is a rare talent in the world of rhythm and blues.
		Walter released the CD Blue Moon Rising in 1995 which features special guests Maceo Parker, Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley of the James Brown Horns.
		Walter has kept this tight lineup intact for so many years that the spiritual and musical bond they share yields a palpable energy that infuses every single performance.
	positiveproductions.net /walter_wolfman_washington.htm (572 words)

	MetroActive Music \| Walter "Wolfman" Washington
		Washington and the Roadmasters show off their blues and soul chops on a cover of Ray Charles' "Mary Ann," while on "Wolf Funk" Washington's guitar playing adds a strong jazz accent to the funky foundation provided by the other musicians.
		Washington understands the importance of his band, in part because he spent a large part of his career as a sideman himself.
		In the mid '80s, Washington decided it was time for him to step up his career as a solo artist and bandleader in earnest.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/01.20.00/washington-0003.html (1024 words)

	[Letter] 1949 May 11, Washington, D.C. [to] Francis E. Walter, Washington, D.C. / J. Edgar Hoover [John Edgar Hoover].
		Hoover thanks Walter for his kind remarks about the FBI on Hoover's 25th anniversary as Director of the Bureau.
		Hoover closes by reminding Walter of the years that have passed since they were both students at George Washington Law School.
		Walter also served in World War II and as a Representative from Pennsylvania in the seventy-third and fifteen succeeding Congresses, serving from 1933 until his death May 31, 1963.
	digital.lib.lehigh.edu /remain/139/index.html (308 words)

	www.myspace.com/walterwolfman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Washington began his career during the fertile heyday of the 1950s Rhythm and Blues period that spawned dozens of Number 1 songs and made New Orleans the recording destination of choice for hit makers like Ray Charles and Little Richard.
		Seeing Walter Wolfman Washington perform with his current outfit, the Roadmasters, is akin to taking a history lesson on fl music in America with the exception that sitting down and taking notes is not an option.
		Walter Wolfman Washington has earned numerous accolades over his long career, but he is not one to sit back on his laurels.
	www.myspace.com /walterwolfman (1374 words)

	Walter Washington - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
		Walter Washington became a local legend in the Black clubs of New Orleans in the '70s and '80s and worked his way up to national status with a series of well-received albums and appearances.
		Washington was born and raised in New Orleans, where he performed in his mother's church choir as a child.
		Throughout the '90s, Washington continued to perform regularly, particularly in New Orleans clubs, and he recorded occasionally, yielding Blue Moon Risin' in 1999 and On the Prowl a year later.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,507620,00.html (516 words)

	Ex-D.C. Mayor Walter Washington Dies (phillyBurbs.com) \| National
		WASHINGTON - Walter Edward Washington, the great-grandson of a slave who became the first elected mayor of the nation's capital since the Civil War, died Monday.
		Washington, who was the first fl to head a major U.S. city, had been hospitalized in intensive care for more than a week.
		Washington later recalled that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover urged him to have looters shot, but the mayor instead imposed a "don't shoot the looter" policy and personally spoke to angry young people.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/1-10272003-185586.html (593 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Walter Washington, first elected mayor under D.C. home rule, dies
		Walter Washington acknowledges applause after he was sworn in as the nation capital's first elected mayor in Washington in this Jan. 3, 1975, photo.
		WASHINGTON – Walter Edward Washington, the great-grandson of a slave who became the first elected mayor of the nation's capital since the Civil War and the first fl to head a major U.S. city, died Monday.
		Born in Dawson, Ga., and raised in Jamestown, N.Y., Washington first came to the nation's capital to attend Howard University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1938 and a law degree in 1948.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20031027-1423-obit-washington.html (776 words)

	DC Vote - Press Releases
		Mayor Washington simultaneously shaped the office of mayor and the practice of home rule governance for a city that had lived without democracy for a hundred years.
		The mayor was legendary for his way with the President and the Congress, but Walter Washington was appreciated in this town not only because he could talk to power but because he talked equally well to the powerless.
		Perhaps, almost 30 years after Walter Washington was first elected, Congress will now understand that a new era of full democracy, independence and voting rights is overdue.
	www.dcvote.org /media/release.cfm?releaseID=99 (369 words)

	A Washington Legacy
		Walter E. Washington, for the dedication of the archway leading to the Marvin Center’s Eye Street entrance, April 15.
		“Walter Washington was a devoted supporter of education and a dear friend of The George Washington University,” said Trachtenberg.
		Washington was appointed mayor-commissioner of the District by President Lyndon B. Johnson and later was the first modern mayor elected in the District following the establishment of home rule in 1973.
	www.gwu.edu /~bygeorge/051204/walter_washington.html (618 words)

	Contact Us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Washington, D.C., March TK, 2003 - Former Mayor Walter E. Washington, the District of Columbia's first appointed and elected mayor, will be honored by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., on April 9, 2003 at a dinner at the new Washington Convention Center.
		Mayor Washington is a veteran public servant, housing expert, public administrator and civic leader.
		He was the first appointed and the first elected Mayor of Washington, D.C., a role in which he served five United States Presidents.
	www.citymuseumdc.org /media/releases/News_Release_050103.asp (491 words)

	Full Play-by-Play - NCAA Sports.com
		Walter Washington passed to Buchie Ibeh for 20 yards.
		Tim Brown recovered a fumble from Walter Washington and returned it for -4 yards.
		Walter Washington passed to Phil Goodman for 12 yards.
	www.ncaasports.com /football/mens/gamecenter/playbyplay/NCAAF_20041120_BC@TEMP (1098 words)

	washingtonpost.com - Live Online
		As the first fl person to head the government of a major U.S. city, Washington was a symbol of the changes that were to come in American society, as the gains of the civil rights struggle tranformed into political reality.
		Walter Washington was also elected mayor in that first Home Rule election.
		Washington, D.C.: Mayor Williams said that Mayor Washington was really a city founder, setting the framework for what was to come.
	discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/03/sp_metro_schwartz102703.htm (961 words)

	Temple Times: Temple QB Walter Washington
		Junior Walter Washington has proven himself in a short time at Temple, becoming the first Owls quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards in a game and tying a school record with four rushing touchdowns in a game last year.
		But the strong-armed Washington, like many of his predecessors at the position, would like to shed the label that he is strictly a running quarterback.
		Washington couldn’t be happier about where he is now, but he has two regrets.
	www.temple.edu /temple_times/9-16-04/washington.html (955 words)

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