[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 100 (Thursday, June 13, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H4047]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      RECOGNIZING ANTI-LYNCHING AWARENESS MONTH IN NORTH CAROLINA

  (Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I rise to acknowledge a 
significant part of our journey toward justice and reconciliation in 
our State. Last month, a historic statewide anti-lynching proclamation 
was signed by Governor Roy Cooper, designating May as Anti-Lynching 
Awareness Month in North Carolina.
  This proclamation resulted from the efforts of members of the 
Community Remembrance Project of the Warren County NAACP, which 
partners with local coalitions and the Equal Justice Initiative.
  The proclamation shined a light on the painful and often overlooked 
history of lynchings in our State. It calls for awareness and 
recognition of the significance of civil rights to ensure that such 
atrocities never happen again.

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