WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following statement on Dec. 5, 2024: * * * CHARLOTTE - Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), released the following statement on the passing of former Greensboro Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem Yvonne Johnson: "Greensboro has lost a giant. "Like me, Yvonne Johnson lived by the old Shirley Chisholm quote, "Service is the rent we pay for living on God's Earth." She was more than the first Black Mayor of Greensboro. "My f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Kathy Manning (NC-06) honored late Greensboro Mayor Yvonne Johnson's decades of public service in a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Watch Congresswoman Manning's Floor remarks here(link is external). Transcript of Congresswoman Manning's remarks: I rise today to honor the memory of my dear friend and a true pillar of the Greensboro community, Yvonne  more