Channing Phillips

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rev. Channing E. Phillips led the delegation from the District of Columbia to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Members of the District's Delegation were originally pledged to Robert F. Kennedy. Following Senator Kennedy's death, the delegation voted to nominate Rev. Phillips as a favorite son instead. By some accounts, this makes Rev. Phillips the first black person ever so nominated at a major party convention[1]