[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E53]
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                  TRIBUTE TO MRS. ANNIE JEAN CAMPBELL

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 1, 2000

  Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to stand here 
today on the first day of ``Black History Month'' to record yet another 
first for African-Americans in my home state of Mississippi. On 
November 2, 1999, Mrs. Annie Jean Campbell became the first African-
American woman to be elected to serve on the Board of Supervisors in 
Montgomery County, MI.
  Mrs. Campbell, the daughter of Joe and Annie Roby not only became the 
first African-American woman to be elected to the position, but she is 
the first woman ever. Mrs. Campbell has lived in Montgomery County all 
of her life and is dedicated to the service of the people. As wife and 
mother of three, Ms. Campbell has already exemplified the patience and 
understanding needed to be an effective representative to the public.
  Mr. Speaker, as I stand here and think of the accomplishment Mrs. 
Campbell has made, I become re-energized in the fact that there is 
always a possibility to change and that Mississippi continues to 
progress and create a new legacy.

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