[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H1078]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  CONGRESS MUST FIGHT WHITE SUPREMACY

  (Ms. BOURDEAUX asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BOURDEAUX. Mr. Speaker, in the fall of 1912, Forsyth County, in 
my district was the site of an appalling racial cleansing.
  Following the death of a White woman named Mae Crow, three Black men, 
Rob Edwards, Ernest Knox, and Oscar Daniel, were accused of her murder 
and lynched without due process.
  Following this, White men on horseback dubbed ``night riders'' rode 
throughout Forsyth County terrorizing families and burning Black 
churches, homes, and businesses, ultimately driving out over 1,100 
Black residents.
  Forsyth County continued to have little to no Black residents for 
almost a century.
  Today, I am introducing a resolution condemning the lynchings of Rob 
Edwards, Oscar Daniel, and Ernest Knox in 1912 and condemning the 
actions of the white supremacist mobs which forced out nearly the 
entire Black population of Forsyth County.
  It is particularly important during Black History Month that we as a 
Nation acknowledge horrific events such as this one and honor the 
memory of the victims of these tragedies.
  I urge my colleagues to support this resolution and reaffirm this 
body's commitment to fighting white supremacy and seeking justice to 
right the wrongs of our past.

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