[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 55 (Thursday, April 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E402]
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IN REMEMBRANCE OF GEORGE WILSON, DEAN OF THE CAPITOL HILL BLACK PRESS, 
       AND INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT AND EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 5, 2018

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in remembrance of a pioneer and 
trailblazer, George Wilson, the Dean of the Black press on Capitol 
Hill.
  George Wilson, a veteran journalist and broadcaster whose reports 
were heard on radio outlets across the country for decades will be 
remembered as a powerful voice with a witty intellect.
  George Wilson was born in New Orleans on October 10, 1947, to George 
II and Rose Wilson and raised in Washington, D.C.
  After graduating from Calvin Coolidge High School, George Wilson 
attended Howard University before graduating from North Carolina A&T.
  As a Capitol Hill correspondent for over three decades and host of 
Sirus XM's ``GW on the Hill,'' George Wilson's velvet voice was 
unmistakable over the airwaves.
  During his time on air, George Wilson served as ``Black America's 
voice on the Hill.''
  George Wilson's character and reputation paved the way for other 
African American journalists in Congress.
  George Wilson's passion for journalism led him to stories around the 
world and particularly cultivated sources in the international and 
diplomatic community.
  Wilson covered the fall of apartheid in South Africa, the 
reinstatement of former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, and 
chronicled the many revolutions in African countries.
  George Wilson's work made him more than a local reporter, he was an 
international journalist.
  George Wilson will be missed greatly, not just in the hallowed halls 
of Congress but throughout the world.
  George Wilson is survived by his wife Iris, his mother Rose, six 
children, seven grandchildren, one great-grandchild, aunts, cousins and 
a host of other relatives and friends.
  I ask the House to observe a moment of silence in memory of George 
Wilson.

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