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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Asa Philip Randolph was noted for his work with 
3labor, but it was his leadership role in the civil rights arena 
4that has always been understated; he was the lead architect for 
5the 1963 March on Washington, an event Dr. Martin Luther King 
6Jr. is most credited for; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Asa Philip Randolph, with the help of Bayard 
8Rustin and many others, set the tone and direction for the 1941 
9March on Washington, which was designed to desegregate the 
10nation's munitions plants; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, President Franklin D. Roosevelt desegregated 
12these plants during World War II through Executive Order 8802, 
13the Fair Employment Act; the Act set the tone for 
14African-Americans in the labor movement in America; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Asa Philip Randolph was the first 
16African-American to have a seat on the board of the AFL-CIO; 
17and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Asa Philip Randolph and a few others established 
19the first recognized labor union of African-Americans, known as 
20the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, The A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum in 
2Chicago has asked all of the residents of Illinois to honor 
3this great labor leader on the occasion of his 123rd birthday 
4by proclaiming April 15, 2012 as A. Philip Randolph Day in 
5Illinois; therefore, be it
  
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
7NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
8we designate the date of April 15, 2012 as A. Philip Randolph 
9Day in the State of Illinois and urge the people of this State 
10to join in the celebration of his birth at the A. Philip 
11Randolph Museum in Chicago; and be it further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to Dr. Lyn Hughes, founder of the A. Philip Randolph 
14Museum in Chicago, for display in the museum.