Adolph Mongo,
Detroit based political strategist and commentator, has had a fascinating
career in Detroit politics. He has served as a consultant and strategist for
Detroit Mayors Coleman Young and Kwame Kilpatrick. During the Kilpatrick campaign,
Adolph Mongo’s famous attack ads resulted in an upset win for Kilpatrick over
Freman Hendrix in the 2005 mayoral campaign.
Mongo’s new book, scheduled for release in October of
this year, will highlight his career of over 30 years as a political strategist
and advisor to many well-known Michigan politicians including not only Coleman
Young and Kwame Kilpatrick, but also attorney Geoffrey Fieger, Jim Blanchard
and former mayor Ken Cockrel.
Adolph Mongo has also been campaign advisor in elections
that have resulted in many victories, including six Michigan Court of Appeals
Judges, five Circuit Court Judges, three Wayne County Prosecutors and two
members of Congress. He has also acted as a consultant for two Presidential
Candidates.
Adolph Mongo has also been involved in community affairs
and as activist and media consultant in his hometown of Detroit. In 1998, Mongo
led a protest against the Detroit Medical Center after a white nursing
supervisor at Sinai Hospital posted a sigh outside a 74-year-old white
patient’s room that stated "no black people allowed." The incident
resulted in the supervisor being fired later.
According to his website http://www.adolphmongo.net/,
Adolph Mongo organized protests that resulted in the release of three black students
that had been falsely accused of killing a Taylor, MI white woman in 2007. The
real killers were arrested later and convicted for murder. He also led a
protest against the NAACP for honoring Kid Rock in 2011 because of Rock's
support of the use of the Confederate Flag.
Mongo serves as consultant for several well-known
political figures. He returns to his beloved hometown of Detroit and serves as
a consultant to the Detroit International Bridge Company, the bridge which
connects Detroit with Canada and is one of the busiest border crossings in the
United States.
