Earl F. Hilliard: “If I may, Madam Chairlady, let me even go further. This was a part of an agency or a department of the Agriculture…”

I would like to recite the Birmingham Pledge: I believe that every person has worth as an individual. I believe that every person is entitled to dignity and our respect, regardless of race or color. I believe that every thought and every…

The gentleman, by the way, I believe, had been a member of that church for some 93 years; he was that old. He takes credit for bringing Dr. King there, and indeed, he deserves the credit. But he also deserves the credit for changing the…

I commit myself and my vote to increasing spending on diabetes to an amount which will be sufficient for our scientists to accomplish this high goal.

We welcome Reverend Walter Solomon to this Chamber. We are very appreciative of his leadership in Birmingham, Alabama, and indeed in this Nation. His work on the national level with the National Baptist Convention is extraordinary. Many…