[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MAKE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE BUILDING A NATIONAL 
                             HISTORIC SITE

  (Mr. HALL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak a truth, and that truth 
is quite simple. I stand on the shoulders of giants.
  I hail from Atlanta, which is the home of the King Center, a place 
dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of 
America's greatest citizens. We honor him with a Federal holiday and 
memorial on our National Mall, just outside of this Chamber.
  I am also the heir to the seat held by the late, great John Lewis. 
Congressman Lewis was by Dr. King's side, and Congressman Lewis 
dedicated his life to peaceful nonviolence.
  Congressman Lewis was a beacon in this Chamber for the dozens of 
years that he served. It is one of the greatest honors of my life to be 
able to complete the term for which he was last elected and take the 
baton and bring his service across the finish line.
  But I would be remiss if I did not use this opportunity to make sure 
their lessons are known for generations to come.
  That is why it is critical that we make sure we preserve the 
buildings in metro Atlanta that give life to their work. We must 
establish the former headquarters of the Southern Christian Leadership 
Conference, where Dr. King did his work alongside Congressman Lewis, as 
a National Historic Site.
  If we do this, we can do our small part to ensure that those who 
follow in our footsteps do so mindful of the example of these giants of 
the civil rights movement.

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