Full Text of HR0009 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 9
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 9 as follows: | 3 | | by deleting everything and replacing it with the following: | 4 | | "WHEREAS, Dr. Webb Evans founded the United American | 5 | | Progress Association in 1961; Dr. Evans believed in and worked | 6 | | on the creation of economic prosperity for the black community | 7 | | throughout the world through churches and political and | 8 | | business leaders in accordance with the second phase of Dr. | 9 | | Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision, changing the struggle from | 10 | | Civil Rights to Economic and Political Empowerment; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evans' foundation created numerous ways to | 12 | | improve economic conditions for black Americans by preparing | 13 | | them to enter into the business world with the knowledge on how | 14 | | to redirect their savings and spending power globally and | 15 | | throughout the black communities; these black-owned businesses |
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| 1 | | would, in turn, create more jobs for blacks; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evans also depended on other sources, such as | 3 | | black-owned press outlets, churches, and businesses, to get his | 4 | | message across to "Buy Black"; Dr. Evans believed that black | 5 | | dollars matter and that the black community must march with | 6 | | their dollars in order to accomplish what was not accomplished | 7 | | with the other previous marches across the globe; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Neilson Report shows that the buying power of | 9 | | African Americans will reach $1.1 trillion by 2015; if black | 10 | | consumers spend 10% more of their income in black businesses, | 11 | | the resulting revenue would generate 1 million jobs; in 2007, | 12 | | on the south side of Chicago, residents in predominately black | 13 | | neighborhoods spent a collective of $3.8 billion outside of | 14 | | their own South Side communities; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Many trailblazers and influential leaders have | 16 | | stood for economic, social equality, and independence for | 17 | | African Americans throughout the world and have labored, fought | 18 | | for, and understood how it was, including Marcus Garvey, who | 19 | | fought for the collective economic interest of African | 20 | | Americans and created the Universal Improvement Association in | 21 | | 1914; A. Philip Randolph, founder and co-editor of The | 22 | | Messenger, an African American socialist magazine, renowned | 23 | | black labor union organizer and civil rights worker, and |
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| 1 | | principal organizer and author of the March on Washington, | 2 | | where Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his historical "I Have A | 3 | | Dream" speech; W.E.B. Dubois, leader of the Niagara Movement, a | 4 | | group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for | 5 | | blacks; and Malcolm X, one of the most pivotal figures in civil | 6 | | rights history; therefore, be it | 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | designate the month of August in 2017 as Buy Black, Love Black | 10 | | Month in the State of Illinois; and be it further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That we urge all citizens of this State to help | 12 | | build a solid economic foundation that would allow African | 13 | | Americans to shape their own destinies and maximize their | 14 | | economic interests through various means, including opening an | 15 | | account at a local black bank, supporting historically black | 16 | | colleges and universities, eating at black owned restaurants, | 17 | | hiring black real estate brokers, visiting black doctors and | 18 | | dentists for health care, getting building and other quotes | 19 | | from black contractors, visiting African-American museums and | 20 | | libraries, watching or renting black-produced films, | 21 | | subscribing to black newspapers, magazines, and websites, | 22 | | using black caterers and event planners, visiting black | 23 | | retailers, investing with a black-managed, publicly-traded | 24 | | firm, visiting a black cultural event, and participating in Buy |
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| 1 | | Black Wednesday by spending money with a black business every | 2 | | Wednesday."
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