Talk:Earl Hilliard Sr.

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Hilliard was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 after the state legislature created Alabama's first black-majority Congressional district, connecting black areas in Birmingham, Montgomery, Selma and the Black Belt, as a condition of the Voting Rights Act. In 1997, Hilliard traveled to Libya despite U.S. sanctions against Libya at the time. He also had sympathies for Palestinians and was critical of Isreal.

Hilliard faced his first serious re-election challenge from Artur Davis in the 2000 primary election, but prevailed. He faced Davis again in 2002 in a district that had been changed significantly by redistricting, adding many white voters in Birmingham and losing its mostly black portion of Montgomery. The campaign in 2002 was focused on race and the Middle East. Hilliard's surrogates claimed that all Davis did for African Americans as a federal prosecutor was "put them in jail". In 2001 Hilliard voted against a bill funding increases in military support to Israel and opposing criminalization of Palestinian politicians. Hilliard won the first primary, but he didn't win a majority, so he faced Davis in a run-off election. Davis won the run-off with 54% of the vote.

David in DC (talk) 01:34, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Link to video by American Free Press
I just wanted to point out that the video linked to as containing an interview with Hilliard was produced by American Free Press, which has a troubling record of promoting Holocaust denial and racism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.231.9.174 (talk) 15:28, 9 April 2010 (UTC)