[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17992]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                    HONORING SHIRLEY MOTLEY PORTWOOD

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                           HON. JOHN SHIMKUS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 13, 2000

  Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a local author, 
Shirley Motley Portwood, from Godfrey, Illinois.
  Ms. Portwood is a history professor at Southern Illinois University 
and recently penned her first book, ``Tell us a Story: An African-
American Family in the Heartland.'' What started as a personal project 
of collecting stories for her grandchildren soon snowballed into a 
collage of stories about her family growing up in southern Illinois.
  I am thankful to Shirley for reinforcing the value of sharing one's 
family heritage with the younger generation. For it is our history that 
teaches us the greatest lessons in life.

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