{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2142-2", "2006-12-08", 109, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO ZACHARY L. COOPER", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "TRIBUTETO", "E2142", "E2142", "[{\"name\": \"Tammy Baldwin\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2142", "Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2142]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                      TRIBUTE TO ZACHARY L. COOPER\n\n                                 ______\n\n                           HON. TAMMY BALDWIN\n\n                              of wisconsin\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006\n\n  Ms. BALDWIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the memory\nof a remarkable citizen, Mr. Zachary L. Cooper of Madison, Wisconsin.\nMr. Cooper was an educator and scholar who devoted his life to the\nstudy and teaching of black history. He was widely known as one of the\nstate's most prominent chroniclers of African-American history.\n  Zachary Cooper was born in Brunswick, GA, in 1935, and eventually\nsettled in Madison, Wisconsin. After spending 2 years in the Army\nMedical Corps, Mr. Cooper went on to earn a bachelor's degree in\nEuropean history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He followed\nthat with a master's degree in American history and earned his Ph.D in\ncurriculum and instruction from the Ohio State University-Columbus.\n  Mr. Cooper spent much of his career documenting the history of black\nsettlers, authoring ``Black Settlers in Rural Wisconsin'' and creating\na documentary called ``Coming Together, Coming Apart'' which used oral\nhistories, photos and diaries to preserve evidence of early black\nfamilies in Wisconsin. Mr. Cooper was also a lecturer for a variety of\ninstitutions including the Wisconsin Historical Society, the University\nof Wisconsin, Edgewood College, Madison Area Technical College, and the\nMadison School District.\n  Mr. Cooper's passion was working with children. As president of the\nboard of directors at the Early Childhood Learning Center, he was able\nto impact the lives of all the children at the center.\n  In the spring of 1992, Cooper co-founded JAMAD (Jamaica-Madison\nCultural Exchange), a program that creates connections between\nhardworking students in Wisconsin and Jamaica. Through the program,\nstudents establish pen pal relationships which culminate in the\nstudents from Wisconsin making a trip to Jamaica to learn more about\ntheir peers and the culture.\n  With the passing of Zachary L. Cooper, the world has lost a great\nscholar, and Wisconsin has lost a great teacher, citizen, and friend.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2142-2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 5.376887042075396, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}