 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1977, Strickland akabvunzurudza Eleanor Holmes Norton, mukadzi wokutanga kutungamirira Equal Employment Opportunity Commission uye mumiriri wechikadzi wokutanga weD.C. kuUnited States Congress. Nhau huru dzakataurwa naStrickland dzinosanganisira kurwiswa kweWashington, D.C. muna 1977 uye kutora vanhu, the Hanafi Siege muDC 1977, uye kupindirwa kwePanama neUnited States muna 1989. Muna 1990, Strickland akafukidza kusungwa kwaD.C.s Mayor Marion Barry, Strickland akamanikidzwa kurondedzera tepi yeFBI, ine inzwi rakadzimwa kubva pakurwisa, nemhaka yemashoko aBarry ane tsvina. Akanyorawo nezvemhirizhonga yeMount Pleasant muna 1991. 