[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    IN HONOR OF JOSEPH JACKSON, JR.

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor 
of Joseph Jackson, Jr., a resident of my hometown of Anaheim, 
California.
  Mr. Jackson was born on April 14, 1937, to a domestic worker and a 
janitor in Memphis, Tennessee, during the height of segregation.
  His tremendous civil rights contributions date back to 1960 when he 
was elected as the Youth Council president of the NAACP at Tougaloo 
College, Mississippi.
  On March 27, 1961, as a young college student, Mr. Jackson 
participated in a peaceful civil rights movement with eight others. You 
see, he wanted to be able to go into the Jackson, Mississippi, 
Municipal Library. They did a sit in--a ``read in,'' they called it. 
These nine civil rights students were recognized as the Tougaloo Nine.
  Mr. Jackson's desegregation movement started small, but his efforts 
led our Nation to ultimately desegregate public institutions.
  As we celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Day, he has had an 
incredible impact, but let us not forget the Tougaloo Nine.
  We honor Mr. Joseph Jackson, Jr., and the Tougaloo Nine for their 
historic achievements, nonviolent activism, and their courage to 
advocate for a civil society.

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