House Proceeding 06-23-08 on Jun 23rd, 2008 :: 1:07:55 to 1:10:45
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John Jr.Conyers: -- black caucus, the gentlelady from dallas, texas ms. eddie bernice johnson, 2 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from tex is recognized. ms. johnson: thank you very

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: much, madam speaker. thanks to mr. conyers. i rise today in strong support of house resolution 1293, a bill commemorating the lives of three civil rights activist who is were murdered outside

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Speech By: Eddie Bernice Johnson

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: philadelphia, mississippi, by the ku klux klan in june of 1964. in 1964 mississippi had the lowest percentage of registered african-american voters in the country. rampant fear and intimidation along with

1:08:26 to 1:08:39( Edit History Discussion )

Eddie Bernice Johnson: literacy tests and poll tax had kept more than 90% of the african-americans in mississippi from registered to vote. in june of 1964, thousands of young people volunteered to go to mississippi in order to

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: register african-american voters and fight educational disparities. what would come to be known as freedom summer ignited black backlash and violence against these volunteers and civil rights

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: activists. many homes and black churches were firebombed or burned down that summer, and more than 1,000 volunteers were arrested. among these freedom summer volunteers were james chaney, andrew

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: goodman, and michael schwerner who went to mississippi to investigate the five bombing of the mount zion methodist church. on june 21 these three men were arrested and held for several hours on

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: alleged traffic violations. but later that evening they were taken from the jail and turned over to the ku klux klan where they were beaten, shot, and killed. these men gave their lives

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: in the name of freedom and justice and the media coverage surrounding their death sparked outrage amongst americans, millions of them all over the country. their deaths and the activities of freedom

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: summer helped set the stage for the passage of the voting rights actf 1965. i would like very much to thank congressman lewis for introducing this resolution who himself has a closer experience

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: drives and community action programs during freedom summer. i strongly support this resolution to honor the sacrifices of james chaney, andrew goodman, and michael schwerner and all of the

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Eddie Bernice Johnson: volunteers of the mississippi freedom sum who are helped to pave the way of voting rights for all americans. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. mr. conyers: madam speaker,

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John Jr.Conyers: i'm pleased to yield to the the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, eleanor holmes norton, a brilliant lawyer who argues in the supreme court frequently and is a civil rights leader