House Proceeding 02-23-09 on Feb 23rd, 2009 :: 0:24:40 to 0:30:25
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Danny K. Davis: have in each other is as un wavering as it so clearly shown i cobb. [speaking spanish] . ms. woolsey of california. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. davis: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for

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Speech By: Danny K. Davis

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Danny K. Davis: five minutes and revise and exnd my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. davis: thank you very much, mr. speaker. and as all of us know, february is african-american history month. and i rise to pay tribute to some of the outstanding

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Danny K. Davis: individuals in the community that i live and represent for the tremendous services they have provided. i take a great deal of pride in the enact in that i represent one of the most actated communities in america.

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Danny K. Davis: i have 35 advisory groups who advise me on everything that there is pretty much to be advised on. but two of the chairs i would like to point out are education chair, dr. laverta hurt, who developed an expensive community

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Danny K. Davis: education program and approach. and she put on a great black history program at the greater galilea baptist church two weeks ago. i also would like to acknowledge the tremendous work of miss

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Danny K. Davis: anetta wilson who chaired our child welfare advisory group. and she and her organization just opened last week an intergenerational living facility that will house 54 families of grandparents,

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Danny K. Davis: grandchildren, young children, older adults, where grandparents and grandchildren can live in the same environment and interact with each other. . i also want to commend reverend

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Danny K. Davis: baldridge because on the other side of my district, what we call the south side we divide chicago up into sides and areas, anetta wilson hers on the west side, but the other part of my district, which happens to be one of the most diverse in america, is on the south side.

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Danny K. Davis: and coppen a.m.e. church opened a 74-unit development for the same purpose, intergenerational living. so when i talk about the high level of ativism and especially in the last few weeks around just the whole

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Danny K. Davis: question of the celebration of african american history, i was fortunate to spend part of yesterday at the ascension catholic church in oak park, illinois, for their african american history celebration,

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Danny K. Davis: at the herman avenue baptist church in chicago, illinois, yesterday for their african american history. then of course yesterday, the village of bellewood had their large celebration that they do every year. much of the focus for some of these celebrations has been

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Danny K. Davis: taking a look at the reconstruction period. in history. which is a period that many people, quite frankly, don't know much about. foexample, there are many african americans who don't know that there are 22 members

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Danny K. Davis: of congress during the reconstruction period who were african american. that is, before 1900. during the 1870's and 1880's. and 1890's. there were 20 members of the house, there were two members of the senate, and of course,

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Danny K. Davis: there was another member from louisiana who was elected to both the house and senate, p.b.s. pinchback, but was never seated. as a matter of fact, governor pinch brack was the governor of louisiana during this period. he didn't serve that long, but nevertheless, he was the

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Danny K. Davis: governor. and so history becomes the melding together of many thoughts, ideas, actions, not of one group of people, but of all the groupings of people who have come to this nation

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Danny K. Davis: seeking better life, seeking something that they did not have. and the fact that american has become the most diverse country is a tribute to all of us, so as we celebrate african