[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 181 (Friday, December 6, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H6422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORY OF YVONNE JOHNSON

  (Ms. MANNING asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. MANNING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of my dear 
friend and a true pillar of the Greensboro community, Yvonne Johnson.
  Few individuals have so completely embodied the spirit of their city 
as Yvonne did for Greensboro. A proud native, she graduated from Dudley 
High School and received degrees from both Bennett College and North 
Carolina A&T State University.
  It was during her college years that she became deeply involved in 
the civil rights movement, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 
and participating in the historic Woolworth's sit-ins.
  Her relentless dedication to justice paved the way for nearly 30 
years of service on the Greensboro City Council, where she made history 
as the first Black person elected to serve. Later, she shattered 
another barrier as the city's first Black mayor.
  Yvonne was a trailblazer, a role model, and a real leader. I will 
miss her, but I feel privileged to have known and worked with her. 
Surely her memory will be a blessing for all who knew her, for she made 
Greensboro a better place for all of us.

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