[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 60 (Monday, April 8, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E419-E420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING THE LIFE OF FREEHOLDER PEARL BEATTY

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                       HON. DONALD M. PAYNE, JR.

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, April 8, 2019

  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in 
honoring the life and legacy of former Essex County Freeholder Pearl 
Beatty. Freeholder Beatty passed away on April 2, 2019, leaving behind 
a trail of success as a community servant.
  Freeholder Beatty's interest in politics began in her early twenties, 
when she worked a voter registration table for the NAACP. It continued 
through 1960, when she sang at a rally for presidential candidate John 
F. Kennedy. Freeholder Beatty went on to work for the Kennedy campaign 
in New Jersey, helping put Kennedy over the top in the state. Three 
years later, Freeholder Beatty attended the 1963 March on Washington 
for Jobs and Freedom. She helped Newark residents picket Woolworth's 
for racial equality. And Freeholder Beatty was a key player in getting 
Newark's first Black mayor, Kenneth Gibson, elected in 1970.
  Over the years, Freeholder Beatty was a constant presence in Essex 
County politics and communities. She was scheduler for Jimmy Carter's 
1976 New Jersey campaign, then ran for Essex County Freeholder in 1977. 
She served three terms as District 2 Freeholder, always fighting for 
her constituents. Freeholder Beatty worked tirelessly to get people of 
color registered to vote.
  I ask that my colleagues join me in honoring the life of Essex County 
Freeholder Pearl Beatty.

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