[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E432-E433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING CAROL JOHNSON-BURGER

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 11, 2018

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable public servant, Carol Johnson-Burger who was named the first 
woman and African American President and CEO of United Way of the 
Capital Area in Jackson, Mississippi in July, 1995. Born in Jefferson 
Davis County, Mississippi, she graduated from Tougaloo College and was 
very involved in the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi, having the 
opportunity to meet and work with Medgar Evers and Dr. Martin Luther 
King. Carol was the first Black teacher to integrate the public schools 
in Pearl River County, Mississippi, one of the most racist counties in 
Mississippi at the time.
  Carol is active in her community and on the national and 
international levels with United Way Worldwide. She has served on many 
boards including co-chairing with former Governor William Winter, the 
process that created a strategic plan for the City of Jackson and as 
vice chair of the Secretary of the State's Nonprofit and Charities Laws 
study group. She is a founding member of the Central Mississippi 
Chapter of 100 Black Women and the Mississippi Chapter of the 
International Women Forum. She serves on the Executive Committee of the 
National Professional Council for United Way Worldwide and as a mentor 
to United Way Professionals in South Africa.
  She is the recipient of many awards but her greatest joy is being 
``Grammie'' to her grandkids Nicholas and Logan. She, her son Marcus 
and the grandkids are active members of Anderson United Methodist 
Church.

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  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Carol 
Johnson-Burger for her dedication to serving others.

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