According to a report in The Washington Post, former D.C. congressional delegate Walter Fauntroy collapsed on a small stage at the site where the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial is being built after walking several miles in the sweltering heat during the Reclaiming the Dream march in Washington, D.C. The 77-year-old pastor was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. (Update: He was later released from the hospital.)
Several days ago, the Rev. Fauntroy ruffled conservatives' feathers by comparing the Tea Party to the KKK.
Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow her on Twitter.