[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3629-3630]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  IN MEMORY OF JUDGE LEONARD WILLIAMS

  (Mr. CARNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CARNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember Judge Leonard 
Williams, who died recently at age 78.
  Judge Williams was one of Delaware's most prominent civil rights 
leaders and a successful lawyer and judge in Wilmington. Judge Williams 
spent his life breaking barriers and paving the way for others. Judge 
Williams was one of the first African American students to integrate 
the University of Delaware and was the first African American on its 
football team.
  Judge Williams was the longtime law partner of Louis Redding, the 
Wilmington lawyer who argued Delaware's

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Brown v. Board of Education case before the Supreme Court.
  He was a friend and mentor to countless members of our community. 
Judge Williams was part of the Greatest Generation of African 
Americans, those who fought the often lonely fight for civil rights and 
justice, enduring struggle and hardship to make our State and our 
country a better place for everyone. His presence in the State of 
Delaware, and particularly in my home city of Wilmington, will be 
sorely missed.
  My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

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