February 6, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 23 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING MR. JOHN SALTER, JR.

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 6, 2019

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Mr. 
John Salter, Jr. on his great contributions to civil rights activism.
  Born in Chicago and raised in Flagstaff, Arizona, John began his 
journey to higher education at Arizona State University after serving 
in the Army. He graduated in 1958 and received his master's degree in 
sociology in 1960. Mr. Salter alternated between activism and teaching. 
He pursued his tenure in both education and activism in Vermont, the 
State of Washington, Rochester, New York, Chicago, at the University of 
Iowa, Dine College, and the University of North Dakota. His worked 
encompassed a variety of services including Directing the Department of 
American Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota, teaching, 
and working with street gangs in Chicago. Mr. Salter worked as a labor 
organizer in Arizona, the NAACP's Mississippi field secretary, and 
organized the Jackson Movement.
  John Salter, Jr. died on Monday, January 7, 2019, at 84 years of age. 
He and his wife Eldri Johanson, who died in 2015, had been married for 
54 years. He is survived by four children, Maria Salter and Josephine 
Evans, both of Pocatello, and John Salter III and Peter Salter, both of 
Lincoln, Neb.; a brother; 12 grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.
  Madam Speaker, today I honor the life of Mr. John Salter, Jr. for his 
many contributions to education and civil rights. Salter made a career 
of serving others, and his work had a direct and positive influence on 
the lives of literally thousands.

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