Full Text of SR0992 96th 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 Bishop Arthur M. Brazier of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on October 22, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Arthur Brazier served his country in the | 6 | | U.S. Army in Burma and India during World War II; he was | 7 | | employed as a U.S. Post Office letter carrier when he enrolled | 8 | | in the Moody Bible Institute in 1955; he became pastor of the | 9 | | Apostolic Church of God in 1960, a year before he graduated | 10 | | from the Bible Institute; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Arthur Brazier led the Apostolic Church of | 12 | | God as pastor for 48 years until his retirement in 2008; during | 13 | | his tenure, he built the church's membership to 20,000 people; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Arthur Brazier was the founding president | 16 | | of The Woodlawn Organization, a South Side community | 17 | | organization active in the civil rights movement in its early | 18 | | years; The Woodlawn Organization's Woodlawn Preservation and | 19 | | Investment Company acquired vacant city properties, where it | 20 | | built low and mixed-income housing; in 1966, he invited Martin | 21 | | Luther King Jr. to Chicago, where the pair protested segregated | 22 | | schools and housing; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Arthur Brazier recently spearheaded an | 2 | | effort to create the Woodlawn Children's Promise
Zone to ensure | 3 | | that school-aged children in the Woodlawn community reap the | 4 | | benefit of all community
resources that could be utilized to | 5 | | enhance their educational experience, raise academic | 6 | | standards, and create
a safe environment where they can thrive; | 7 | | and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Arthur Brazier has served as a | 9 | | well-respected community and spiritual adviser to numerous
| 10 | | civic and business leaders for many decades in the City of | 11 | | Chicago and beyond; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Bishop Arthur Brazier is survived by his wife, | 13 | | Esther Isabelle; his son, the Reverend Bryon Brazier; his 3 | 14 | | daughters, Lola Hillman, Janice Dortch, and Rosalyn Shepherd; | 15 | | his 7 grandchildren; and his 11 great-grandchildren; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 | | his family and friends, the passing of Bishop Arthur Brazier; | 20 | | and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Bishop Arthur Brazier as a symbol of | 2 | | our sympathy.
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