[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 22, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H1506-H1507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           CELEBRATING SALLIE BALDWIN HOWARD'S 100TH BIRTHDAY

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the 100th birthday 
of Sallie Baldwin Howard, a friend and legendary citizen of Wilson, 
North Carolina.
  Tomorrow, Mr. Speaker, Sallie B. Howard will be honored at a grand 
birthday celebration at the charter school named in her honor, the 
Sallie B. Howard School for the Arts and Education.
  Sallie Howard has lived an extraordinary life. Her contribution to 
the arts and education is immeasurable.
  Mrs. Howard graduated as valedictorian from Charles H. Darden High 
School. She later graduated from Kittrell Junior College, the Anderson 
School of Dance, New York City's

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School of the American Negro, and received her master's degree in 
elementary education from Hunter College.
  As an academic, writer, playwright, avid traveler, and elementary 
school teacher, Sallie B. Howard has used her vast array of talents and 
expertise to make a lasting impact on our Nation's children.
  She is an active member of St. John AME Zion Church.
  Mr. Speaker, the founder and executive director of the Howard School, 
Dr. JoAnne Woodard, remarks of Mrs. Howard that she is a ``phenomenal 
woman who inspires us to be our best.''
  I ask my colleagues today to join me in celebrating Sallie B. 
Howard's 100 years of life and recognizing her selfless service to 
humanity.

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