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90_SR0047
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, It was with deepest sorrow that the members of
3 this Body learned of the passing of one of Illinois' most
4 gifted and respected citizens, former U.S. Congressman
5 Charles A. Hayes on Tuesday, April 8, 1997; and
6 WHEREAS, Mr. Hayes' influence in Chicago's black
7 independent political movement was only one of his
8 accomplishments in an impressive career of public service
9 during which he felled racial barriers and became an
10 influential voice in labor issues and social justice; and
11 WHEREAS, A resident of Chicago's Chatham neighborhood,
12 Mr. Hayes leaves to survive him his daughters, Barbara
13 Delaney and Charlene; his sisters, Maxine McShan, Doris
14 Branch, Freda Barksdale, Vivian Robinson, and Helen; his
15 brothers, Ralph and Frederick; four grandchildren; and two
16 great-grandchildren; and
17 WHEREAS, Charles Hayes joined the labor movement in the
18 1930s; he organized and became president of a carpenters'
19 local in his hometown of Cairo; and
20 WHEREAS, After moving to the South Side of Chicago, he
21 organized African-American meat-packers into a United
22 Packinghouse Workers local, fights for desegregation of the
23 meat-packing industry and equal pay for black workers; he
24 later served as international vice president of the United
25 Food & Commercial Workers; and
26 WHEREAS, Charles Hayes was elected to succeed Harold
27 Washington in the United States Congress in 1983 and was
28 re-elected four times; and
29 WHEREAS, Charles Hayes was active with the civil rights
30 movement and worked closely in Chicago with Dr. Martin Luther
31 King, Jr.; and
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1 WHEREAS, Charles Hayes' commitment to civil rights and to
2 the rights of union members will long be remembered by the
3 citizens of this State and the nation; and
4 WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois have lost one of their
5 most inspiring sons; therefore, be it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn with profound sorrow
8 the death of a respected man, Charles A. Hayes, and extend
9 our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and be it
10 further
11 RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
12 presented to the family of Charles A. Hayes.