Willie Barrow

Willie Barrow is a superdelegate in the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

Bio

 * Rev. Barrow was born in Burton, Texas
 * Barrow has been a social activist since her student days when she lead a protest against her segregated school district in 1940's. *Rev. Barrow was a field organizer for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953-1960s. She was a key organizer of the march on Selma. Along with Jesse Jackson Sr., Rev. Barrow was a founding member of SCLC's Operation Breadbasket, which served as a model for Rainbow-PUSH.
 * In a 2005 interview with Chicago's Windy City Times, Rev. Barrow gives her long activist history. "I was discriminated against at an early age so I got started in [the student movement]. Then, there was the women's movement with the Equal Rights Amendment. After that, I was involved in the labor movement; it was then that I learned how to organize. Then the labor movement took me to the civil-rights movement. After my son [ came out to me ], I then became a part of the gay-rights movement. So, I've been through a lot."
 * Barrow (83) is known known as the "Little Warrior" and is co-chairperson emeritus of the Rainbow-PUSH Coalition.
 * In a phone interview, Rev. Barrow said, "I'm proud to say I'm a super-delegate and I'm proud to say I'm with Obama." She has been a super-delegate since 1992 for Clinton.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * Portal:Superdelegate Transparency Project
 * Superdelegates in the 2008 presidential primaries
 * U.S. presidential election, 2008
 * U.S. presidential election, 2008/Congressional endorsements
 * Portal:2008 U.S. Congressional Elections

External articles
http://www.rainbowpush.org/about/board.html

http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=32&category=religionMakers

http://www.politicalbase.com/people/willie-barrow/30104/