[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 45 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


            MOURNING THE PASSING OF JUDGE JAMES B. McMILLAN

  (Mr. WATT of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATT of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, Judge James B. McMillan, a 
North Carolina stalwart, died Saturday, March 4. Judge McMillan lived 
just outside my district, but he had a tremendous impact on children in 
my district. I rise today in tribute to this great man.
  Judge James McMillan will always be remembered for his courageous, 
and right, court decision which ordered the desegregation of Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools. This ruling forced a reluctant school system to 
move into the future. He did this despite the repeated threats to his 
life and his family, and the subsequent FBI protection that the 
McMillan family had to live with for years.
  Judge McMillan should be remembered for his courage and for the 
impact he had on Charlotte-Mecklenburg and North Carolina. Today, the 
Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools are still among the Nation's most 
integrated schools. Charlotte, as a result, is viewed as a shining 
symbol of the South.
  Because of Judge McMillan, North Carolina's children in 1970 received 
what they so rarely got: justice. Today's children receive the benefit 
of his wisdom, and live with more hope and opportunity. We mourn the 
passing of Judge James B. McMillan.

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