Wayne Perryman (born 1945) is an African-American clergyman who has served as Minister in Charge of Church Administration for Mt. Calvary Christian Center Church of God in Christ in
Mercer Island, Washington. He also heads his own consulting firm specializing in conducting fact-finding investigations on behalf of inner city plaintiffs who are unsuccessful in obtaining representation through law firms and community agencies.
Career
In 1998 Perryman led a protest against police department profiling in
Washington
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. The African-American Perryman had frequently been stopped in his
Mercer Island
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hometown by police claiming his being there was suspicious.
In 2005 Perryman brought suit against the
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in the United States District Court in Seattle Case No. CV04-2442 for what he called its history of racism including their historical support of
Jim Crow laws
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, slavery, and
Black Codes
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. Perryman appealed the Court's ruling, but he lacked
standing to bring the case to the
US Supreme Court
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In 2009 Perryman endorsed
Elizabeth Scott for Washington state representative, position 2, 21st Legislative District.
In 2011, Perry filed a lawsuit against the Democratic Party, stating that the Democrats' historical support for racist policies such as race-based slavery and Jim Crow segregationism caused both psychological and physical damage to African Americans.
Books
*''The 1993 Trial on the Curse of Ham'', Pneuma Life Pub, 1994.
*''Unfounded Loyalty: An In-Depth Look Into The Love Affair Between Blacks and Democrats'', Pneuma Life Publishing, 2003.
*''Unveiling the Whole Truth: What the Media Failed to Tell American Voters'', Book Publishers Network, 2008.
*''Whites, Blacks & Racist Democrats: The Untold History of Race & Politics Within the Democratic Party from 1792-2009,'' Book Publishers Network, 2010.
References
External links
Huffington Postarticle on his political activism
book review of Perryman book "Unfounded Loyalty"
1945 births
Living people
Clergy of historically African-American Christian denominations
Writers from Washington (state)
People from Mercer Island, Washington
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people
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