Niger Innis

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::summary American activist and politician ::

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Field	Value
name	Niger Innis
image	Niger Innis by Gage Skidmore.jpg
caption	Innis in 2017
birth_name	Niger Roy Innis
birth_date	March 5, 1968
birth_place	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
occupation	Activist and politician
party	Republican
parents	Roy Innis (father)
website
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| name = Niger Innis | image = Niger Innis by Gage Skidmore.jpg | alt = | caption = Innis in 2017 | birth_name = Niger Roy Innis | birth_date = March 5, 1968 | birth_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. | occupation = Activist and politician | party = Republican | parents = Roy Innis (father) | website = Niger Roy Innis (born March 5, 1968) is an American activist and politician. He is the National Spokesperson for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and executive director of TeaPartyFwd.com, and a political consultant. He was an MSNBC commentator.

Early life and education

Innis was born in Harlem, New York, on March 5, 1968, and currently lives in North Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1990, Innis attended Georgetown University, and pursued a degree in political science, but did not graduate from the school.

Career

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Innis is active in community and social organizations, including as Co-Chairman of the Affordable Power Alliance (APA), a coalition of Latino and African American ministerial organizations; Senior Citizen Advocates, which fights against public policies that raise energy costs; Advisory Committee Project 21 for the National Center for Public Policy Research; consultant to EEN247.com, and the Membership Committee of the National Rifle Association of America.

Innis was a political and social commentator for MSNBC and National Public Radio (NPR). He has appeared on CNN, Fox News and the BBC.

His father, Roy Innis, had been National Chairman of CORE since 1968.

Innis is chairman of Tea Party Forward, part of the Tea Party movement. On January 4, 2013, TheTeaParty.net appointed Innis to their Congressional Advocacy Team. He also served as the group's chief strategist.

Innis was a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in during the 2014 elections. He lost the primary to Cresent Hardy, who went on to defeat incumbent Democrat Steven Horsford.

References

References

1. (August 2023). "Staff - Niger Innis".
2. "Roy Innis". National Rifle Association of America.
3. [http://www.theteaparty.net/tea-party-establishes-congressional-advocacy-team/ Tea Party Establishes Congressional Advocacy Team]{{Dead link. (April 2020)
4. (April 25, 2013). "The Tea Party Caucus returns".

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