[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E206]
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                         HONORING CECIL HINTON

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2010

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to posthumously honor 
Cecil Hinton upon being honored with the ``Trail Blazers Award'' by the 
African American Museum. Mr. Hinton will be honored at the African 
American History Month Celebration and Banquet on Saturday, February 
6th, 2010 in Fresno, California.
  Mr. Cecil Clarence Hinton was born in 1902. He was a native of 
Tennessee and spent his early life in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Mr. 
Hinton graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. and 
completed some graduate work at Columbia University in New York.
  Mr. Hinton moved to Fresno in 1944, and worked as a United Service 
Organization center director. He served for nineteen years as a 
director of the B Street Community Center in Fresno. The center was 
largely established through his efforts. Under his leadership the 
center served forty-eight youth groups and fifty-three adult groups 
through social and recreational programs. The center was rededicated in 
1968 and renamed to the Cecil C. Hinton Community Center in his honor.
  Mr. Hinton was a member of the National Conference of Social Welfare, 
the California Conference of Social Welfare, the California Federation 
of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. 
For his efforts and community leadership Mr. Hinton was honored in 1976 
by the California State Senate. In 1980, he was recognized and honored 
by the California State University, Fresno Black Gospel Choir and in 
1985 was named a ``Fabulous Fresnan.''
  Mr. Hinton was married to Martha Galliard; they raised one daughter, 
Lois Juantia. They have three grandchildren; Lisa, Jelan and Jenan all 
living in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Hinton passed away on August 23, 1987 
at the age of eighty-five.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to posthumously honor Cecil Hinton. I 
invite my colleagues to join me in honoring his life and wishing the 
best for his family.

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