[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONGRATULATING MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA NATIVE CYNTHIA TUCKER FOR WINNING 
                           THE PULITZER PRIZE

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                             HON. JO BONNER

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 25, 2007

  Mr. BONNER. Madam Speaker, it is with both pride and pleasure that I 
rise this week to honor Cynthia Tucker, a beloved native of 
Monroeville, Alabama, for receiving the highest honor in American 
journalism, the Pulitzer Prize.
  Raised in Monroeville, where her father was a school principal, 
Cynthia went to Auburn University, graduating in 1976 with a degree in 
journalism. She joined the Atlanta Journal-Constitution staff in 1976 
and also worked a short while at The Philadelphia Inquirer. As a 
reporter, she covered local government, national politics, crime and 
education, in addition to filing dispatches from Africa, Central 
America, and Cuba.
  Over 30 years have passed since Cynthia first joined the Journal-
Constitution. She has risen to editorial page editor, and her 
syndicated column now appears in more than 70 newspapers throughout the 
United States.
  The third time proved to be the charm for Cynthia, who was also a 
Pulitzer finalist in 2004 and 2006. This year the journalism department 
at the University of Alabama, my alma mater, also recognized her long, 
distinguished writing career by awarding her the 2007 Clarence Cason 
Writing Award. Last year, Cynthia was named the National Association of 
Black Journalists' Journalist of the Year. In 2000, the American 
Society of Newspaper Editors honored her with the Distinguished Writing 
Award for commentary, and she has won the Cox Newspaper award for 
column writing four times.
  Nelle Harper Lee, Truman Capote, and Mark Childress firmly 
established Monroeville as the ``Literary Capital of Alabama.'' Cynthia 
Tucker's name is now very much a part of this prestigious list.
  Madam Speaker, Cynthia Tucker has been an inspiration to countless 
young women--and men--from Alabama and across the country for her 
distinguished career. I know her colleagues, her family, and her many 
friends join with me in praising her significant accomplishments and a 
job well done.

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