[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E147]
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              TRIBUTE TO THE HONORABLE FRANKIE M. FREEMAN

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                        HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 4, 1997

  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to my friend and mentor, 
the Honorable Frankie Muse Freeman. On November 24, 1996, attorney 
Freeman celebrate her 80th birthday. As a tribute to this noted legal 
champion and legendary figure, I declared November 24, 1996 as ``Mrs. 
Frankie Muse Freeman Day'' in the First Congressional District of 
Missouri. In further celebration of Mrs. Freeman's wonderful life, I 
commend her story to our colleagues.
  Frankie Muse Freeman has been a practicing attorney for over 45 years 
and has held several trailblazing positions. These include Missouri 
attorney general, a commissioner of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission--
to which she was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson--and 
inspector general of the Community Services Administration by President 
Jimmy Carter.
  Over the years, Frankie Freeman has given exemplary leadership and 
dedicated services to numerous civic, cultural, and educational 
organizations and was one of the two United States representatives to 
the UN-ECA West African Housing Conference in Lome, Togo.
  A graduate of Hampton University and Howard University School of Law, 
Mrs. Freeman is a member of the Mound City Bar Association, the 
National Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. 
Louis.
  Frankie Muse Freeman served as the fourteenth national president of 
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., a public service sorority with over 
190,000 members in over 870 chapters internationally.
  In 1992 she was elected trustee emeritus of the Howard University 
Board of Trustees following 16 years as a member of the board.
  Mrs. Freeman has also been an active and devoted member of the 
Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church and serves as treasurer of the 
church's scholarship fund.
  For 52 years, Mrs. Freeman was the devoted wife of Shelby Freeman who 
died in 1991. She is dedicated to her daughter, Shelby Patricia, son-
in-law, Ellis Bullock, three grandsons, and three great grandsons. Her 
family is bonded together with strength and love.
  Again, I congratulate Mrs. Frankie Muse Freeman. I commend her for a 
long and illustrious career as an outstanding jurist of great 
character, leadership, and compassion. I further applaud her lifelong 
exemplary stand on justice and civil rights issues.

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