    [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)]
    [House]
    [Page H827]
    From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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       BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE BLACK AND ASIAN
                                   COMMUNITY

      (Mr. SCOTT of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the
    House for 1 minute.)
      Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I join my colleagues in honoring
    Black History Month and uplifting the connection between the Black and
    Asian community.
      As a Member of Congress who is part of both the Black and Asian
    community and the Civil Rights Task Force chair of CAPAC, I want to
    acknowledge the long history of solidarity between our two communities.
    For example, American abolitionist Frederick Douglass spoke out against
    the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1869 in his Our Composite Nation speech.
    Our communities have shared struggles against systemic racism during
    the civil rights movement.
      In the 1960s, for example, Japanese-American civil rights activist,
    Yuri Kochiyama, worked alongside Malcolm X during the civil rights
    movement.
      During Black History Month, we are reminded that the civil rights and
    Asian-American movements have always gone hand in hand in seeking
    justice against systemic racism.
      As we celebrate our progress this Black History Month and fight back
    against the Trump administration, we must remember that we cannot
    abandon our commitment to achieving racial equity for all people.

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