[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE LIFE OF SARAH MOORE GREENE ON HER 100TH BIRTHDAY

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, today is the 100th birthday of a great lady 
and Tennessee icon, Sarah Moore Greene.
  Ms. Greene has been both a national leader and a leader in our 
hometown of Knoxville. By the way, she still attends many events, and 
is always dressed like a fashion model. She has served on the national 
board of directors for the NAACP, and has been a delegate to numerous 
Republican national conventions.
  My father served as mayor of Knoxville for almost 6 years from early 
1959 through the end of 1964. During that time, Knoxville received the 
All-American City award from Look magazine, primarily because it had 
the most peaceful integration of almost any major city. Sarah Moore 
Greene and my father led the effort to peacefully integrate our city.
  Mrs. Greene has touched thousands of lives in good and positive ways 
through her years as a teacher and through her work in the community. 
She has helped countless numbers, young and old, but her special love 
is her children, both the hundreds she taught and the thousands who 
have attended the Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School.
  Mr. Speaker, this Nation is a better place today because of my friend 
Sarah Moore Greene, a great American.

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