[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 67 (Friday, May 22, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H3757-H3758]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY

  (Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CHRISTIAN-GREEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my fellow 
Virgin Islanders in recognition of African Liberation Day, which will 
be celebrated on Monday, May 25, a day created in 1963 as a rallying 
point for freedom and

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to mark the progress of the liberation struggles in Africa.
  For my constituents and I, this year's celebration is especially 
significant because it occurs as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of 
emancipation from slavery.
  For Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora, this year has 
special significance as we await the enactment of the African trade 
bill and look forward to the passage of a similar proposal for the 
Caribbean.
  It is my hope that as we come together, not only in the Virgin 
Islands but around the world, to reaffirm our oneness, we can move 
closer to our full economic liberation with the creation of a new and 
unique trade area which will link all of Africa's children, those on 
the continent as well as those in the United States and the Caribbean.

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