Full Text of HR0622 097th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Alpha Phi Alpha | 4 | | Fraternity on the occasion of its 105th anniversary and the | 5 | | Theta Mu Lambda Chapter of the fraternity on its 22nd Annual | 6 | | Black and Gold Ball; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied | 8 | | voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and | 9 | | people of color around the world since its founding on December | 10 | | 4, 1906; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha was founded at Cornell University | 12 | | in Ithaca, New York by 7 college men who recognized the need | 13 | | for a strong bond of brotherhood among African descendants in | 14 | | the United States; the visionary founders, known as the | 15 | | "Jewels" of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles | 16 | | Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, | 17 | | Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner | 18 | | Woodson Tandy; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha initially served as a study and | 20 | | support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, | 21 | | both educationally and socially, at Cornell University; the | 22 | | Jewel founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in |
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| 1 | | laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's principles of | 2 | | scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of | 3 | | humanity; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, True to its form as the "first of firsts", Alpha | 5 | | Phi Alpha has been an interracial fraternity since 1945; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha recognizes the importance of | 7 | | stressing academic excellence among its members, as well as the | 8 | | need to help correct the educational, economic, political, and | 9 | | social injustices faced by African-Americans; Alpha Phi Alpha | 10 | | has long stood at the forefront of the African-American | 11 | | community's fight for civil rights through civil rights leaders | 12 | | such as W.E.B. DuBois, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Edward Brooke, | 13 | | Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Andrew Young, | 14 | | William Gray, Paul Robeson, and many others; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Theta Mu Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha | 16 | | Fraternity was established on December 12, 1963 in Joliet to | 17 | | serve the needs of community residents in the South Suburban | 18 | | Chicago area; Theta Mu Lambda has served as a distinguished | 19 | | part of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, The members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity serve as | 21 | | models of hard work, integrity, and dedication for the people | 22 | | of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we congratulate the members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on | 4 | | the occasion of its 105th anniversary and congratulate the | 5 | | members of the Theta Mu Lambda Chapter of the fraternity on its | 6 | | 22nd Annual Black and Gold Ball, and wish them continued | 7 | | success and happiness in the future; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and the Theta Mu Lambda | 10 | | Chapter of the fraternity as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 | | respect.
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