[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TRIBUTE TO DAYTONA BEACH MAYOR YVONNE SCARLETT-GOLDEN

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                           HON. CORRINE BROWN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, December 7, 2006

  Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I want to send my thoughts 
and prayers to the family of Yvonne Scarlett-Golden, the first black 
Mayor of Daytona Beach. She had been a very, very close friend of mine 
for many years, and she will be dearly missed by the community of 
Daytona Beach and the State of Florida.
  I will always remember her for her persistence, her spirited 
willpower and determination, as well as her extreme dedication to 
public service. Her admirers and supporters included not just the 
African American community, but also by those with financial influence 
in the area. In particular, I will always remember her ``respect'' 
campaign, wherein she attempted to tranquilize the somewhat disorderly 
behavior of the city's special events.
  Even though she entered politics somewhat late in life, at all times 
she devoted her energy to her native city of Daytona Beach. Ironically, 
this was the same city that disallowed her to go to the beaches because 
of strict segregation laws. Yet with the inspiration and tutelage of 
one of our nation's most famous civil rights leaders and founder of 
Bethune Cookman College, Ms. Mary McLeod-Bethune, who also hails from 
the city of Daytona, Ms. Scarlett- Golden learned the essence of public 
service.
  Yvonne Scarlett-Golden went on to graduate from Bethune-Cookman 
College in 1950, where she received academic honors as well as special 
distinctions for performing as an outstanding athlete. It was in the 
halls and lecture rooms of this college where she became profoundly 
influenced by the teachings and philosophy of Ms. McLeod-Bethune. She 
went on to utilize these teachings in her career as an educator and as 
an elected official.
  Ms. Scarlett-Golden will always serve as an inspiration not only to 
the local black community in Volusia County, but to African Americans 
throughout the State of Florida.

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