[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 55 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E718]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO GARTH REEVES

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                          HON. CARRIE P. MEEK

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 21, 1999

  Mrs. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to pay 
tribute to an outstanding citizen of Florida's 17th Congressional 
District, Garth Reeves. I am recognizing Garth Reeves for receiving the 
lifetime achievement award from the Florida's black business investment 
board. Garth is a renowned recipient who is surely deserving of such a 
prestigious award.
  Garth comes from four generations of Reeves who have managed the 
Miami Times, which was founded by his father, Mr. Henry E.S. Reeves, in 
1923.
  It is clear why Garth has been honored for this important award. He 
has been a reporter, editor, publisher, banker, entrepreneur, community 
activist and humanitarian in the Miami area who has made outstanding 
contributions to our community. Currently, Garth serves as publisher 
emeritus of the Miami Times.
  The Miami Times has been instrumental in covering the human dimension 
of African American culture. The Reeves family has made a successful 
effort in establishing an African American newspaper even before Ebony 
and Jet Magazine. Over the years, the Miami Times has covered such 
outstanding African Americans as Phyllis Wheatley, Richard Allen, 
Florida's very own Athalie ``Mama'' Range, the Honorable Joe Lang 
Kershaw and Gwen Sawyer Cherry.
  The dreams, aspirations and achievements of the African American 
community were also recorded in the Miami Times. Garth has made the 
Miami Times the voice and over the years, the written history of the 
African American community.
  The Miami Times is the pre-eminent newspaper serving the African 
American community in all of Florida. It became one of the first black 
newspapers in America to exchange editorials, letters, and articles 
with the Miami Jewish Tribune. A few years later, the Miami Times began 
exchanging opinion pieces with one of America's great Spanish-language 
weeklies, the Diario Las Americas. The Miami Jewish Tribune and the 
Diario Las Americas have worked closely with the Miami Times to close 
what was seen as a growing chasm between the communities.
  Garth Reeves' life has been dedicated to the achievement of 
excellence and service to humankind. For these reasons, I ask my 
colleagues to please join me in acknowledging a great American and 
Floridian, Mr. Garth Reeves, Sr.

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