Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Flores), for yielding. Madam Speaker, today, I rise to recognize the outstanding life of service to the community of Mrs. Ruby Thompson Green. Mrs. Green, for the better half of her 103 years on this Earth, exhibited true altruism and love for the city of Biloxi. She was born June 5, 1916, in Ahoskie, North Carolina. She earned her bachelor of science from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Mrs. Green also spent some time studying at Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, before attending the University of Southern Mississippi. Mrs. Green married Mr. P. Irving Green on July 26, 1941, and they moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1947. Mrs. Green founded and operated Green's Kindergarten for 17 years, and she was the first African-American teacher at Biloxi High School. Mrs. Green also worked in the Star Program and worked as the assistant education director of the Head Start Program. Mrs. Green joined the New Bethel Baptist Church under the pastorship of Reverend E.H. Potter, and she served as a teacher of the intermediate class, superintendent of the Sunday school, director of the vacation Bible school, member of the senior mission, member of the kitchen committee, and member of the bus committee. She also served as assistant secretary of the Shiloh District of the Congress of Christian Workers.…”