[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1892]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BLACK HISTORY MONTH

  (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to 
commemorate Black History Month and the National Association for the 
Advancement of Colored People, which was founded 107 years ago today.
  Black History Month is an opportunity for Americans to reflect on the 
contributions of the African American community to this country, on the 
injustices that they have endured through American history, and how far 
we have gone and still need to go to end discrimination and racism in 
America.
  This past weekend, I attended the Orange County Heritage Council's 
36th Annual Orange County Black History Month Parade and Cultural Fair. 
I was honored to meet a lot of veterans there, including Mr. Warren 
Bussey, a World War II hero, and, at 103 years old, the oldest African 
American living in Orange County today.
  Mr. Bussey and others like him are a testament to the enduring legacy 
of African American commitment to the military service. They went, yet 
they came back, and there were no civil rights for them.
  This month we honor their contribution.

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