[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E279-E280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IN HONOR OF DOROTHY OLIVIA GREENWOOD TOLLIVER

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 6, 2001

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of 
Dorothy Olivia Greenwood Tolliver. Dorothy was a great servant of the 
people of Cleveland and leader of the African-American community. Her 
recent death, at the age of 80, is a sorrowful event for the entire 
Cleveland, Ohio community.
  After graduating from Kent State and pursuing further studies at The 
Julliard School of Music in New York, she returned to Cleveland and 
began working for the U.S. Government making maps to use during World 
War II. After the war, Dorothy taught briefly in Medina, and in 1948 
she returned to Cleveland to become a part of the Cleveland School 
System where she remained until her retirement in 1986.
  As a young child, Dorothy was blessed with the gift of musical 
ability. With her long-lasting passion of music and the arts, she 
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in several productions. Her love for music was planted in her many 
students as a music teacher. While in the Cleveland Public School 
System, Dorothy directed numerous performances.
  Dorothy Olivia Greenwood Tolliver was a life long member of the 
NAACP, and the National Council of Negro Women. Her civic activities 
included the Phyllis Wheatley Association, juvenile justice, Project 
Friendship, Volunteer Guardianship Program, Upward Bound, City Club, 
and the League of Women Voters. One of her noted prestigious movements 
was opening the Neighborhood Book Shoppe, the first book store in Ohio 
that featured books about African-American history by African-American 
authors, the only store of its kind between New York City and Chicago.
  After her career as a teacher ended, Dorothy spent her remaining 
years supporting her husband's efforts while serving on the Cleveland 
School Board and continuing his civil rights law practice.
  I ask the House of Representatives to join me today in honoring the 
memory of this great community leader and role model.

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