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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of  Representatives  of
 3    the State of Illinois wish to congratulate Mrs. Slivy Edmonds
 4    Cotton and Ms. Antoinette Wright on being the honorees of the
 5    First Annual Annie Turnbo-Malone Awards Reception; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Mrs.  Slivy  Edmonds Cotton is the new owner of
 7    the Chicago/Burr Oak Cemetery;  she  recently  announced  her
 8    plans  to  build  the  new  Emmett Till History Museum on the
 9    grounds of the Burr Oak Cemetery; Emmett Till's brutal  death
10    in  1955  is  viewed  as a major event in history that helped
11    ignite the Civil Rights movement of the late 1950s and  early
12    1960s;  the  museum  will  pay  tribute  to  many  famous  or
13    historical   individuals   such   as   Emmett   Till,   Annie
14    Turnbo-Malone,  Dinah  Washington,  Otis Spann, Willie Dixon,
15    and many others who are buried on the grounds; her  plans  to
16    build  the  museum  include  a complete transformation of the
17    long-neglected  cemetery  grounds  into  one  of   the   most
18    beautiful and respected cemeteries in the nation; and

19        WHEREAS,  Ms.  Antoinette  D.  Wright  is  currently  the
20    President  and  CEO of the DuSable Museum of African-American
21    History; she is being honored for her vision and humanitarian
22    service   in   exhibiting   the   untold   story   of   Annie
23    Turnbo-Malone;   Annie    Turnbo-Malone    is    the    first
24    African-American   woman   multi-millionaire;  she  made  her
25    fortune by manufacturing and selling  PORO  hair  and  beauty
26    culture   products  for  African-American  women;  the  Annie
27    Turnbo-Malone exhibit will  be  on  display  at  the  DuSable
28    Museum  in  Chicago  through  the end of December of 2003 and
29    will then travel throughout the nation; therefore, be it

30        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
31    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
32    we congratulate Mrs. Slivy Edmonds Cotton and Ms.  Antoinette
 
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 1    D.  Wright  on  being  honored  at  the  First  Annual  Annie
 2    Turnbo-Malone Awards Reception; and be it further

 3        RESOLVED,  That  suitable  copies  of  this resolution be
 4    presented to Mrs. Slivy Edmonds Cotton and Ms. Antoinette  D.
 5    Wright as an expression of our respect and esteem.