[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                HONORING MARSHALL'S MUSIC AND BOOKSTORE

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 2022

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Marshall's Music and Bookstore.
  Marshall's Music and Bookstore is a Black-owned family business on 
Farish Street in Downtown Jackson. The store has been around for 84 
years.
  The store has its own story of surviving everything from the Great 
Depression, segregation and Jim Crow era to a pandemic, recession, and 
even digital transformation.
  Maati Jone Primm is a third-generation owner of the store, which 
prides itself on educating children and adults about Black History--
which Primm stresses don't begin in enslavement.
  Books, literature, and music are stacked on tables and shelves. The 
walls are adorned with striking images of African American changemakers 
with roots in Mississippi.
  Stacey Abrams from Gulfport, Ruby Bridges from Tylertown, Sam Cooke 
from Clarksdale, Charley Pride from Sledge, C.L. Franklin from Shelby, 
and Judge Mablean from Hazlehurst are only a few of the faces you will 
see.
  Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Marshall's 
Music and Bookstore.

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