Full Text of HR1464 94th General Assembly
HR1464 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to recognize the Reverend Dr. | 4 |
| Albert Sampson on the occasion of the 50 Year International | 5 |
| Celebration honoring his ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Everett, Massachusetts, and | 7 |
| graduated from Everett High School; he felt the strong call to | 8 |
| enter the ministry and was licensed to preach in his home | 9 |
| church of Emmanuel Baptist in Malden, Massachusetts; and
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| WHEREAS, He earned a B.A. degree in religion and social | 11 |
| science from Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina; he | 12 |
| received his master's degree in cultural studies in 1973 from | 13 |
| Governors State University in University Park; his Master of | 14 |
| Divinity degree in 1977 from McCormick Theological Seminary in | 15 |
| Chicago; and his Doctorate in Divinity from Union Baptist | 16 |
| Theological Seminary in Toledo, Ohio; and
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| WHEREAS, While he was a student at Shaw University, he was | 18 |
| President of the student body, President of the Shaw University | 19 |
| NAACP, and President of the Youth and College Chapters of the | 20 |
| NAACP in North Carolina; he and students from other college | 21 |
| campuses were selected to be state legislators and introduced | 22 |
| the first public accommodations bill in North Carolina history; | 23 |
| he also initiated and led the voter registration and political | 24 |
| education drive leading to the election of the first | 25 |
| African-American city councilman in North Carolina, John | 26 |
| Winters; and
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| WHEREAS, As Executive Director of the Atlanta branch of the | 28 |
| NAACP, Reverend Dr. Sampson was a change agent in the movement | 29 |
| for school desegregation in Atlanta; he joined the Southern | 30 |
| Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1962 and was selected | 31 |
| to be Assistant Director of Affiliates and Chapters of the |
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| SCLC; he was selected to study community organizing under the | 2 |
| late Saul Alinsky at The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) in | 3 |
| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Sampson was the SCLC Project Director | 5 |
| under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., playing a critically | 6 |
| important role in the campaign for the election of Carl Stokes, | 7 |
| the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city, | 8 |
| Cleveland, Ohio; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, When Dr. King sought to fix affordable housing | 10 |
| issues in America, he appointed Reverend Dr. Sampson as the | 11 |
| National Housing Director of the SCLC; he was the only member | 12 |
| of the (SCLC) staff to be personally ordained by Reverend Dr. | 13 |
| King at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1966; | 14 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Dr. Sampson is now the founder and | 16 |
| president of Farmers Agribusiness Resource Management (FARM), | 17 |
| Former President of the Metropolitan Area Council of Black | 18 |
| Churches in Chicago, Former President of the Neighborhood | 19 |
| Social Entrepreneurs Society (NSET), and President of the Metro | 20 |
| Area African American Seniors Resource Network; he also served | 21 |
| as a Board Member of one of the largest African-American-owned | 22 |
| banks in America; he is Chairman of the Worldwide African | 23 |
| Ancestors Society and Publisher of the Black Express News; and
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| WHEREAS, He has served as Chaplain of the World Conference | 25 |
| of Mayors and The National Association of Real Estate Brokers | 26 |
| (NAREB); in 2006, he was selected by President George W. Bush | 27 |
| and the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community | 28 |
| Initiatives to address the second annual White House National | 29 |
| Conference on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives | 30 |
| Conference; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Dr. Sampson is named in "The Original |
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| African Heritage Study Bible" published by Winston-Derrick | 2 |
| Publishing Company as a distinguished Biblical Scholar and | 3 |
| Theological Consultant; he has appeared in thousands of media | 4 |
| outlets such as "Esquire" and "Ebony" magazines, the New York | 5 |
| Times, the Chicago Tribune, and USA TODAY; he is also featured | 6 |
| in the History Makers DVD series as a "Living Legend"; his | 7 |
| Biography is recognized in Gale Group's "Who's Who in Black | 8 |
| America"; and
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| WHEREAS, A 50 Year International Celebration honoring the | 10 |
| ministry of the Reverend Dr. Albert Sampson is planned for | 11 |
| Saturday, October 21, 2006; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| we honor the ministry of the Reverend Dr. Albert Sampson, and | 15 |
| we thank him for the many years he has dedicated to serving his | 16 |
| fellow people; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Reverend Dr. Sampson as an expression of our | 19 |
| esteem.
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