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Maxine Waters. Show More 1. Websites 1 - 2 of 3 View All. Addresses 1 - 2 of 4 View All. Long Beach. Washington, D. Hawthorne District Office. Los Angeles. Politician Name. Read Less. Issues 1 - 4 of Social Security Preservation 9. Already a member? Contribute to our 20 Campaign. Education MegaMenu. Higher Education. Classroom Support. The Honorable Maxine Waters. Louis, Missouri. Biography Donate Now. Louis, Missouri of her childhood Maxine Waters recalls the sounds and smells of her childhood Maxine Waters discusses her religious affiliations Maxine Waters describes her childhood personality Maxine Waters discusses her childhood responsibilities Maxine Waters describes her supportive teachers from her early schooling Maxine Waters explains her early interest in the U.
Featured Mace of the U. House of Represen- tatives. House Trivia Timeline. Featured Resources for National History Day Office Representative. Party Democrat. Congress es nd — , rd — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — , th — Congress [ Top ]. Waters believes that this experience helped to shape her leadership ability.
Born of the frustration of black women leaders, the organization emphasized mainstream electoral politics as a way to focus on what they felt were unique and neglected problems facing women. The organization's goal was to encourage every black woman in America to become involved in political activity.
I'm not interested in making everyone comfortable—some people need to be made uncomfortable. Black women need to feel a sense of our own power. While a member of the California State Assembly, Waters introduced and passed legislation on minority and women's tenants' rights and on limits on police strip searches.
Her greatest challenge, however, was maintaining patience throughout the eight years it took her to pass legislation divesting California state pension funds from companies doing business with South Africa. She reintroduced the bill six times before it passed in September , demonstrating the perseverance that she feels is necessary for success in politics.
The bill was acclaimed as landmark legislation because it was the first major statewide bill to mandate such programs. Another of Waters's pieces of legislation resulted in the creation of the nation's first statewide Child Abuse Prevention Program. In Waters's accomplishments were acknowledged when she was selected to chair the California State Assembly's Democratic Caucus, the first woman to ever hold this post.
Waters was Jesse Jackson's most vocal backer in both the and presidential races and was his campaign manager in the latter. In an article for the Nation, Waters wrote: "That Jackson speaks for large numbers of others as well is one indication that blacks serve as a barometer for the nation…. The Democrats cannot win the presidency without us and without Jackson and others who will work for the party. She wrote of the hopelessness of young black people crowded into inner-city ghettos, not only in Los Angeles but across the nation, and of the "lethal infestation of drugs" in such communities.
Waters noted: "An elementary lesson in life is that if people cannot survive in one way they will try another. In an affluent society in which only dollars appear to matter, some young people will find drug-pushing a seductive or desperate alternative to low-paying jobs.
Waters advocated breaking away from the Democratic party and possibly creating a third party that would be responsive to the concerns of blacks and other people of color. In the Nation she commented: "When I look at what is currently happening to the masses of black people, to America's poor in general and the entire nation, I am angry and frustrated.
But we cannot yield to feelings of helplessness; we must transform anger and frustration into bold and direct action….
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