[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 56 (Monday, April 1, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2926]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        RECOGNIZING LINCOLN HEIGHTS AS A NATIONAL HISTORIC PLACE

  (Ms. FOXX of North Carolina asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize an 
historic moment for North Carolina's Fifth District last week, when 
Lincoln Heights School in Wilkesboro joined the National Register of 
Historic Places.
  From 1913 to 1927, Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington built 
nearly 5,000 schools in African American communities by matching seed 
funds provided by public and private entities. Lincoln Heights is among 
the few of these schools remaining. Constructed in 1924, students 
attended from six surrounding counties after facing discrimination and 
lacking educational opportunities near their homes.
  As a National Historic Place, Lincoln Heights reminds us of the 
disgraceful history of segregation in our country, but our country is 
not defined by this injustice. Rather, as a nation, we are shaped by 
brave men and women who stand for justice when society fails.

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