[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 16, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E21]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       IN HONOR OF EDWARD DuBOSE

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                      HON. SANFORD D. BISHOP, JR.

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 16, 2008

  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Edward 
Dubose, the president of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and 
Second District citizen.
  Edward O. DuBose was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the third oldest of 10 
children to Carnell and Margie DuBose. He received his early education 
through the Atlanta public school system, graduating from Harper High 
School. He then joined the United States Army where he completed 21 
years of honorable service.
  Mr. DuBose, who also earned a masters degree in clinical mental 
health counseling, is a licensed professional counselor, anger 
management specialist, member of the National Board of Certified 
Counselors, and a member of the Licensed Professional Counselors 
Association of Georgia. As the owner of Oxygen Mental Health Counseling 
services, he provides in-home counseling to at risk youth and families 
throughout the State of Georgia and Alabama.
  In addition to his career as a counselor, Mr. DuBose has served his 
community through leadership in the NAACP. He has served 7 years as 
president of the Columbus, Georgia, branch of the NAACP, and 5 years as 
2nd vice president of the Georgia State Conference NAACP. In addition, 
he has served as Georgia State NAACP veterans affairs chairman and as 
the district coordinator for a 9-county area.
  Mr. DuBose was elected to the position of president of the Georgia 
State Conference NAACP on October 2005, and reelected for a second term 
in 2007. He is the only resident and NAACP member in Columbus history 
to hold the title of State president.
  While serving the NAACP, Mr. DuBose led the organization to achieve 
several landmark accomplishments, including negotiating the only NAACP 
radio show in Georgia, helping start the first Black History Month 
Parade in Columbus, Georgia now in its seventh year, and coordinating 
the largest protest march in Columbus history by rallying over 15,000 
people to call for justice for the shooting death of Kenneth Walker.
  Mr. DuBose is married to Cynthia DuBose and they have three beautiful 
daughters; Cynthia Harris, Casonya Hardaway Glover, and Kimberly 
DuBose. Madam Speaker, it is my privilege to honor this man today for 
his dedication to Columbus, the NAACP, the Second Congressional 
District, and to the betterment of his State and Nation.

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