Full Text of HR1083 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Henry | 4 | | English; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Henry English was a Chicago native who grew up on | 6 | | the city's Near West Side, blocks from Farragut Career Academy; | 7 | | after a stint in the United States Marine Corps, he returned to | 8 | | Chicago and became an activist; while studying and serving in | 9 | | student government at what was then called Crane Junior | 10 | | College, he rallied his classmates to the cause of changing the | 11 | | school's name to Malcolm X College; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Henry English was an organizer and advocate for | 13 | | Chicago's most under-served neighborhoods for more than 40 | 14 | | years; in 1983, he founded the Black United Fund of Illinois, | 15 | | which raises charitable donations to provide grants and | 16 | | expertise to small not-for-profit groups and programs for job | 17 | | training; as a Black Panther leader who recruited a young Bobby | 18 | | Rush in the 1960s, he went on to invest in the economic | 19 | | development of African American communities; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Cornell University, Henry | 21 | | English briefly worked as a healthcare administrator before | 22 | | founding the Black United Fund of Illinois; his commitment to |
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| 1 | | Chicago's African American neighborhoods led him to champion | 2 | | such initiatives as voter registration, leading to a lifetime | 3 | | of supporting safe, healthy, and resilient children, families, | 4 | | and communities; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Henry English is survived by his wife, Denise; his | 6 | | sons, Nkrumah and Jummane; and his daughters, Kenya and | 7 | | Kamillah; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | 11 | | Henry English; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Henry English as an expression of | 14 | | our sympathy.
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