[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2213]
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     TRIBUTE TO KEITH HOLLIDAY, MAYOR OF GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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                          HON. MELVIN L. WATT

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 23, 2007

  Mr. WATT. Madam Speaker, Representative Brad Miller of North Carolina 
and I are pleased to join in this tribute to the Honorable Keith 
Holliday, who will soon be retiring as Mayor of Greensboro, NC.
  Mayor Holliday is a model public servant who served as a member of 
the Greensboro City Council from 1995 to 1999 and has served as Mayor 
since 2000. He has distinguished himself nationally, effectively 
leading Greensboro through major economic and political challenges, 
through economic redevelopment and through a renaissance of 
Greensboro's downtown. He has helped position greenways, parks, public 
art projects and other beautification initiatives on Greensboro's 
priority agenda and has focused on servicing an ever-expanding, diverse 
and multi-cultural population.
  Mayor Holliday has also been a committed and persuasive advocate for 
the International Civil Rights Center and Museum. Throughout the world, 
North Carolina is recognized as the birthplace of the sit-in movement 
and the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, the site of the 
original sit-ins, is being renovated and will be opening soon as a 
lasting tribute to the ``Greensboro Four.'' These four courageous 
students from North Carolina A&T State University led thousands of 
students and others who sat down at the F.W. Woolworth lunch counter in 
Greensboro, NC, to protest segregation and ultimately changed the human 
condition and struck a blow for human dignity, equality and justice for 
all.
  We applaud Mayor Holliday as he continues to raise his voice in 
support of the completion of the International Civil Rights Center and 
Museum so the city of Greensboro and the citizens of North Carolina and 
this Nation will always remember this great chapter in American 
history. We join in thanking Mayor Keith Holliday for his many years of 
exceptional public service.

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