[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15749]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            MOURNING THE PASSING OF HON. MAYNARD H. JACKSON

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to mourn the passing of Maynard 
Jackson. When I had the great privilege of serving as Mayor of the City 
of Cleveland, Maynard Jackson and I were contemporaries in his service 
as Mayor of the City of Atlanta. In working with him through the years 
and learning his dedication, not only to the people of Atlanta but 
urban America, I was able to see that there was a real opportunity for 
people of good will to achieve a synthesis of that good will, of urban 
policy, because Maynard Jackson made the cause of cities his cause and 
he spoke to the needs of the people of urban America eloquently, with 
deep passion and with a concern about the potential of urban America 
that was being ignored. But he infused the City of Atlanta with his own 
potential, and with his passion and with his heart he helped raise 
Atlanta to greater and greater heights.
  Maynard Jackson was not only a servant of Atlanta and the State of 
Georgia, but of America and the world because his life was about 
bringing people together and his life was about the potential of not 
only minorities but of every individual to make a dedication to 
community. So today, as Maynard Jackson passes, we can reflect on that 
wise Latin saying translated into English that says, ``If you seek his 
monument, look around.'' And wherever you look, in urban America, where 
men and women are dedicated to building up cities, you are always going 
to remember and be reminded of Maynard Jackson.

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