Title: From Compton to Congress: His Grace for my
Race
Author: Walter Tucker III
Genre: Nonfiction Memoir
From Compton to
Congress reveals shocking criminal charges, based on an FBI Sting, that send Congressman
Walter R. Tucker III reeling, and changes his life forever. Against the great
odds of overcoming the tough streets of Compton, young Tucker fulfills his
goals of becoming valedictorian of Compton High School, graduate of USC with
honors, graduate of Georgetown Law School, passing the California State Bar,
and filling his father’s vacant seat as Mayor of Compton—all by age 33. During
his meteoric rise in the political arena, at age 35 he becomes the youngest
African-American from California to be elected to a U.S. congressional seat.
However, the U.S. Attorney’s federal indictment against him shocks the nation.
Tucker’s choice to fight the charges against him thrusts him into a criminal
trial that tests the condition of his human spirit and provokes us to reflect
on every man’s plight versus every man’s fight.
Author Bio
Walter R. Tucker, III
is a native of Compton, California. He graduated Valedictorian of Compton High
School in 1974. After graduating from high school, Walter studied Politics at Princeton
University for two years. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Political
Science from U.S.C. in 1978, and his Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law School in
1981, Walter worked as a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney,
established his own law firm, served as Mayor of Compton, and was elected to
the U.S. Congress in 1993 – all by age 35. Walter R. Tucker, III is still the
youngest African American to ever to be elected to the U.S. Congress from the
State of California. In 2003, Walter became a pastor of a church in Chicago. In
2012, Walter and his wife, Robin Tucker, returned to Los Angeles and founded
Truth and Love Christian Church, located in Carson, California. The church
currently has over 300 members and 40 ministries in operation. Walter and Robin
have been happily married for 30 years. They are the proud parents of Walter,
IV, and Autumn and have one son-in-law, Spencer Rodney Sr., and one wonderful
grandchild, Spencer Rodney, Jr. Walter enjoys morning walks on the beach and
candlelight dinners with Robin.
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