In September 2016, the bad check charge was dropped once Fauntroy paid back $20,000. Walter and Nikki are active on social media platforms, especially on Instagram. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination in 1968 and its aftermath, Walter Fauntroy talks about the White House Conference on Civil Rights and organizing the continuation of James Meredith's March Against Fear, Walter Fauntroy talks about his appointment as Vice Chairman of the D.C. City Council, Walter Fauntroy talks about his investigation of the FBI's role in Rev. The Life Summary of Walter. Only Mine, When Love Kills, Beautiful and Twisted, and The Mist are some of the films in which he has appeared. Fauntroy sat on the city council for two years, resigning when his commitments as director of MICCO began to take all of his time. . In 2007, he played the role of Donaldson, a soldier from Arrowhead base in the science fiction horror film, The Mist. Fauntroy played a key role after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., meeting both with President Johnson and with activist Stokely Carmichael during the immediate aftermath. [15], In 2012, Fauntroy disappeared and presumably fled the United States after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest in conjunction with allegations he had written a fraudulent check for $55,000. on October 1, 2018, There are no reviews yet. Fauntleroy won the hearts of millions for starring in Tyler Perry's primetime television soap opera series, The Oval. The couple has managed to keep their children mysterious. Black Leadership Family Plan For the Unity, Survival and Progress of Black People, List of African-American United States representatives, List of American federal politicians convicted of crimes, List of federal political scandals in the United States, "Black in Capital to Enter Primary; Fauntroy to Run May 2 as Favorite-Son Candidate", "Our Campaigns - US President - D Primaries Race - Mar 07, 1972", "Fauntroy, Walter E. (1933- ) - The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed", "The Honorable Reverend Walter Fauntroy's Biography", "Our Campaigns - DC US President - D Primary Race - May 02, 1972", "Our Campaigns - DC US President - D Primary Race - May 04, 1976", Senators Brownback and Coburn to Join Jones Calling for Freedom of Speech for America's Houses of Worship, "Walter Fauntroy's long, unexplained absence hasn't shaken his wife's faith", "Walter Fauntroy vows to return from UAE to face legal, financial troubles", "Civil rights leader Walter Fauntroy arrested at Dulles International Airport", "Catching Up with Former D.C. Del.