[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 24 (Thursday, February 7, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H1399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          BLACK HISTORY MONTH

  (Mr. WATKINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WATKINS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor Black History Month.
  Kansas is no stranger to the fight for equality. At times in our 
Nation's history, Kansas has led the charge.
  Bloody Kansas was a series of violent civil confrontations, in the 
1850s, surrounding slavery. Brown v. Topeka Board of Education helped 
end racial segregation.
  In 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., chose Kansas to deliver his 
speech, titled, ``The Future of Integration.'' In that speech, he said 
that, if democracy is to live, segregation must die.
  Let us strive to live up to his memory; let us strive to come 
together; and let us choose greatness.

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