[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2228]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO YVONNE SCARLETT-GOLDEN

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 8, 2006

  Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, December 5th, 2006, the people of 
Daytona Beach, Florida and the United States suffered a great loss with 
the passing of Yvonne Scarlett-Golden. Yvonne Scarlett-Golden was a 
strong leader, a passionate educator, and a devoted public servant. As 
the first African-American Mayor of Daytona Beach, she was never afraid 
of controversy; she was a true advocate for peace, racial justice, and 
social equality.
  Born and raised in Daytona Beach, Yvonne grew up amid institutional 
segregation and discrimination. Despite growing up in a city of 
divisions, Yvonne would later be known as someone who brought the 
people of Daytona Beach together.
  After High School, Yvonne decided to pursue a career in education. 
She received her Master's degree in education from Boston University, 
and began her teaching career in Florida public schools. She later 
taught in the San Francisco Unified School District, and served as the 
principal of Alamo Park High School for 20 years. After her long career 
to education, Yvonne returned to Daytona Beach to begin a career in 
politics, first as a city commissioner and later as the city's first 
African-American Mayor.
  As Mayor, Yvonne helped unite the racially divided communities of 
Daytona Beach through determination and perseverance. She brought 
together the beachside and the mainland, black and white together 
through a city campaign pushing for respect and equality.
  I remember very well attending peace conferences with Yvonne, the 
late Alameda County Supervisor John George, former Berkeley Mayor Gus 
Newport, former Berkeley City Councilmember Maudelle Shirek. and the 
late Carlton Goodlett, publisher of the Sun Reporter Newspaper, all of 
whose lives were totally committed to peace and justice.
  Yvonne was a friend to me and an inspiration to many. Yvonne left us 
a legacy of fighting oppression and hatred with compassion and mutual 
respect. Her fight for justice and equality should not, can not, and 
will not be forgotten.
  On behalf of the many friends of our beloved Yvonne from Northern 
California including her close friend, 95 year old former Vice Mayor of 
Berkeley Maudelle Shirek, we salute Yvonne Golden's life. We will keep 
her in our memories and we will honor her life by continuing her work 
for a better world. Her spirit will live on in the lives of those she 
touched in so many magnificent ways.
  My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of a great 
woman, a brilliant human being who will be deeply missed, Yvonne 
Scarlett-Golden.

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