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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The Chicago Crusader newspaper was started in
3 1940 by the team of Balm L. Leavell and Joseph H. Jefferson;
4 the newspaper was an organ of the Negro Labor Relations
5 League with the intent to fight employment discrimination in
6 the City of Chicago; and
7 WHEREAS, In 1961 Dorothy Leavell, the current editor of
8 the Chicago Crusader, joined forces with the founding
9 crusaders; she began her career as an intern at the newspaper
10 in the summer of 1961 and seven years later became publisher
11 after the death of Balm Leavell; and
12 WHEREAS, The Chicago Crusader newspaper celebrated sixty
13 years of committed service to the City of Chicago on June 9,
14 2000; this day also marked thirty-nine years of dedicated
15 service from Dorothy Leavell; and
16 WHEREAS, The Chicago Crusader is recognized as one of the
17 City of Chicago's leading institutions and is one of the
18 oldest and most successful Black-owned businesses in the
19 nation; therefore, be it
20 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 we congratulate Dorothy Leavell, the dedicated staff, and the
23 many readers of the Chicago Crusader, as together they
24 celebrate the newspaper's sixtieth anniversary; we wish
25 Dorothy Leavell and the staff continued success as they go
26 into the next sixty years, serving as a vital part of the
27 City of Chicago; and be it further
28 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to Dorothy Leavell, editor of the Chicago Crusader.