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Article: GOPer Val Washington, who helped Eisenhower put blacks in key posts, dies.(African American Republican National Committee official)(Obituary)(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- May 15, 1995
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Helping President Eisenhower break the barriers for Black professionals in sub-cabinet federal ranks decades ago, Val J. Washington left a legacy in American politics few in the Republican Party could match. He died quietly from a heart attack in the nation's capital where he worked decades ago to end segregation. He was 93.
A native of Columbus, IN, Washington started in politics in Chicago. He turned a business side-career with the Chicago Defender newspaper into political dividends and served for years on the state's commerce commission.
When he was named the ...