Full Text of SR1019 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Bobbie Johnson; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Bobbie Johnson was a well-known community | 5 | | activist; she served as the 3rd Ward Republican committeewoman | 6 | | and is known for her unwavering fight to preserve the | 7 | | Rosenwald, also known as the Michigan Boulevard Garden | 8 | | Apartments, on 47th Street in Chicago; she used many of her | 9 | | resources to seek funding for many trips, leadership | 10 | | conferences, and outings for youth in the Bronzeville | 11 | | community; she also hosted many community events and other | 12 | | programs that gave youth and residents of the area a sense of | 13 | | being and purpose; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Bobbie Johnson was the president and founder of | 15 | | Race to Knowledge and the Cybertech Teen Cafe; she was the | 16 | | founder of Save the Rosenwald Coalition and creator of many | 17 | | programs, including the Art Zone Literacy Program for Youth; | 18 | | she was also the president of Black Wall Street Chicago - 47th | 19 | | Street and a member of the Daughters of Isis, the Order of the | 20 | | Eastern Star, and the Elks; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Bobbie Johnson was the beloved mother of Larissa, | 22 | | Allen Jr. (Melanie), Rafael (Rachel), Tasha, and Erskine; the |
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| 1 | | dearest sister of Bertha Mae White, Lucius Smart, and James | 2 | | Leggins; and the grandmother of Sondai Adjei, Shania, Allen III | 3 | | (Trey), Nathaniel, and Nakir; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 | | his family and friends, the passing of Bobbie Johnson; and be | 7 | | it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Bobbie Johnson as an expression of | 10 | | our sympathy.
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