[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2698-2699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWARK PUBLIC LIBRARY ON THEIR BLACK HISTORY 
                            MONTH EXHIBITION

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 30, 2007

  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, it is my distinct pleasure to congratulate 
the Director and Board of Trustees of The Newark Public Library, and 
Dr. Sibyl E. Moses, guest curator, on the occasion of the opening of 
the Library's Black History Month exhibition entitled ``The Creativity 
and Imagination of African American Women Writers in New Jersey.'' As 
the representative from the 10th Congressional District, I am very 
proud of my long affiliation with the library and the valuable services 
they render to our community.
  The exhibition at Newark Public Library celebrates the diversity and 
richness of published works created by African American women in New 
Jersey. The exhibition documents an important aspect of New Jersey's 
cultural history, and brings this information together in one place and 
at one time, for the people of Newark and for all residents of New 
Jersey. I applaud The Newark Public Library for interpreting their 
collections for all to see.
  I also commend Sibyl E. Moses, the guest curator, for her 
achievements and many years of commitment and service to the people of 
New Jersey. She is an outstanding citizen, whose leadership is 
recognized nationally and internationally in the field of library and 
information science. For more than 20 years, she has identified, 
preserved, and promoted an awareness of books published by African 
American women in New Jersey. Her book, African American Women Writers 
in New Jersey, 1836-2000: A Biographical Dictionary and Bibliographic 
Guide (Rutgers University Press), upon which this exhibition is based, 
won recognition from the American Association for State and Local 
History and by The New Jersey Center for the Book.
  I am pleased to join all those in attendance at the opening of the 
exhibition, in wishing the Director and Board of Trustees of The Newark 
Public Library, and Dr. Sibyl E. Moses, continued success for the work 
they are doing to

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preserve and promote an awareness of African American history in New 
Jersey.

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