Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, House Concurrent Resolution 242 honors one of our Nation's oldest and most esteemed civil rights organizations, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, known as the NAACP, also known as the conscience of the United States Congress. This year, the NAACP celebrates its 101st anniversary, and its ongoing efforts to promote justice and equality for all Americans; not just Americans of color, but all Americans. I salute the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green) the sponsor of this resolution, and the former president of the Houston branch of the NAACP, for his continued commitment to recognizing the NAACP for its historical and contemporary civil rights contributions. As we celebrate the Nation's preeminent civil rights organization on its 101st anniversary, I would like to reflect on a few bits of history concerning the NAACP. First, I would like to acknowledge its history which began February 12, 1909, when the organization was formed by Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villiard, and William English Walling, a biracial group that consisted of Christians and Jews. It is a history that includes some of the most significant moments in our Nation's great story where we come to a more perfect union, like the 1954 case of Brown v.…”