[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING THE GREENSBORO FOUR

  (Ms. ADAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ADAMS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize those 
four young men from North Carolina A&T State University who helped bend 
the arc of history towards justice, the Greensboro Four.
  On February 1, 1960, 60 years ago this upcoming Saturday, David 
Richmond, Franklin McCain, Jibreel Khazan, and Joseph McNeil, took 
their seats at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, 
and changed American history forever. And after they were refused 
service, they continued to sit at that lunch counter until the store 
closed.
  The next day, 12 more students sat at that same lunch counter; and by 
the next week, thousands of demonstrators began to fight against Jim 
Crow in North Carolina.
  To honor the triumphs of these four young men, and to commemorate 
their efforts to make this a more just society, I am proud to introduce 
today, with my colleague, Representative G.K. Butterfield, a resolution 
recognizing the significance of the Greensboro Four sit-in.
  May we all continue to live by their example as we make this a fairer 
and more equitable America for all that call it home.

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