Full Text of HR0945 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend Earnest "Ernie" Broadnax for | 4 | | his commitment to the Elgin community as an educator and | 5 | | historian; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Broadnax is a lifelong resident of Elgin and | 7 | | a descendent of one of the first African American families in | 8 | | Elgin; he was born in Elgin in 1935 and graduated from Elgin | 9 | | High School in 1953; he attended Elgin Community College in | 10 | | 1953, where he was the first Black basketball player and an | 11 | | award winning member of the speech team; he served in the U.S. | 12 | | Marine Corps from 1955 to 1966; he married Eliza on February | 13 | | 28, 1965; he earned an Associate of Arts in Juvenile | 14 | | Corrections from Elgin Community College in 1974; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Broadnax was employed jointly by the City of | 16 | | Elgin's Parks and Recreation Department and the Fremont | 17 | | Recreation Center, an Elgin United Way Agency, from 1967 to | 18 | | 1970; during this time, he was the first Black person to have | 19 | | an office in Elgin City Hall; he worked at the Herrick House | 20 | | Children's Shelter under the Illinois Department of Children | 21 | | and Family Services from 1982 to 2000; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Broadnax served as the executive producer of |
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| 1 | | the documentary Project 2-3-1: A Story of Elgin's African | 2 | | American Heritage, which premiered in 2015 before being | 3 | | distributed to all 844 public and academic libraries in the | 4 | | State of Illinois in partnership with the Secretary of State in | 5 | | 2016; his documentary received a number of awards, including | 6 | | the Elgin Image Award, the Elgin Mayor's Award, the Midwest | 7 | | Museum Association Best Practices Award, the Midwest History | 8 | | Association Alice B. Smith Prize for Public History, and the | 9 | | American Association of State and Local History Award of Merit; | 10 | | and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Broadnax was the originator and narrator of | 12 | | the trolley car tour of Elgin's historic African American | 13 | | neighborhood; he also organized an African American Golf | 14 | | Tournament, which was sponsored by New Hope Baptist Church and | 15 | | held in the Elgin area, in 2004; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Broadnax has belonged and continues to | 17 | | belong to a number of local organizations, including the Elgin | 18 | | Housing Group, the Veterans Memorial Phase 2 Committee, and the | 19 | | U-46 Advisory Board; he became a member the New Hope Baptist | 20 | | Church in 1985; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Broadnax has been the recipient of several | 22 | | honors and accolades, including the Elgin Mayor's Award in | 23 | | 2009, the Elgin Image Award in 2013, the Lasting Impact Award |
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| 1 | | by Elgin Community College in 2015, and the Elgin Veteran of | 2 | | the Month Award for May 2015; he was chosen to travel to | 3 | | Washington, D. C. to receive Gail Borden Library's 2009 | 4 | | National Medal for Museum and Library Services Award in 2010; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Ernie Broadnax serves as a community relations | 7 | | organizer, historical guide and mentor, youth leader, and | 8 | | storyteller; his career has focused on working with youth and | 9 | | teens, ranging from after school programs to correctional | 10 | | facilities; he has mentored orphaned, abandoned, and abused | 11 | | children; he has championed human relations within the Elgin | 12 | | community, including the Elgin Police Department, the City of | 13 | | Elgin, the Gail Borden Public Library, School District U-46, | 14 | | and the Elgin History Museum; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 16 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we commend Earnest "Ernie" Broadnax for his dedication to the | 18 | | Elgin community as an educator and historian, and we wish him | 19 | | continued success in his endeavors; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Ernie Broadnax as an expression of our esteem and | 22 | | respect.
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