[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3] [Extensions of Remarks] [Page 3340] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]HONORING JOHNNIE CARR, A FORCE FOR UNITY AND POSITIVE CHANGE ______ HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL of new york in the house of representatives Wednesday, March 5, 2008 Mr. RANGEL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and mourn the passing of Johnnie Carr, a true champion for civil rights. I am humbled and inspired by the change Johnnie Carr was able to realize over the course of her pioneering life. For nearly a century, she fought for equal treatment--remaining never complacent, never satisfied. She was the childhood friend of Rosa Parks and fought alongside her in the historic Montgomery bus boycott. She succeeded Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1967 as president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (the leading force behind the boycott) and she ably served at that post until her passing earlier this month. But it was her dynamic message of unity--a call to arms that appealed to everyone--that set her apart as a one-of-a-kind healer, a matriarch in a movement as relevant today as it was then. May we carry with us the exuberance and energy she maintained and aspire to live up to the ideals to which she devoted her extraordinary life of activism. ____________________