On the recordMay 16, 2023
43 years ago, the trailblazing Ohioan, a friend, and founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Louis Stokes, stood on this very floor and entered into the Record an extraordinary speech. It was a speech he had heard by a young, accomplished, talented Black American, a lawyer, Patricia Russell-McCloud titled, ``If Not You, Who? If Not Now, When?'' It was a speech with themes that are still very much relevant today: of what does it mean to be Black in America and the struggle to carve out a place in society. I am pleased to say that Patricia Russell-McCloud now lives in Ohio's Third Congressional District and is one of my constituents, a mentor, and friend. I cannot recommend enough that my colleagues refer to the Congressional Record of May 14, 1980, and seek out her wise and inspirational words. ____________________
