[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1255-H1256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     OBSERVING BLACK HISTORY MONTH

  (Mrs. BEATTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mrs. BEATTY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to observe Black History 
Month, remembering a few legends whom we lost this past year--for them, 
we unite and celebrate our shared history--to build a more perfect 
Union for all Americans. Standing on the shoulders of:
  Ohio's Toni Morrison, poet laureate, who voiced the struggle for 
justice and equality for all Americans;
  Congressman Elijah Cummings, sharecroppers' son, friend, mentor, 
civil rights giant, and first African American male to have a committee 
room named after him;
  Katherine Johnson, the famed NASA ``Hidden Figure,'' who was behind 
Ohio's John Glenn's orbit of the Earth and putting a man on the Moon.
  Standing on their shoulders, I empower the next generation of 
leaders, like this third grader, Paris, who dressed up as me for her 
Black History project.
  Madam Speaker, we thank Paris. We fight every day for her future. 
Paris is brave and talented. She is our future.

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She embodies why Black History is American history.
  Thank you, giants; thank you, America; and God bless America for 
Black History Month--American history.

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