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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives were saddened to learn of the death of David S. |
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| Canter on August 26, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Canter, a Hyde Park community resident, was |
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| heavily involved in Chicago politics, education, the newspaper |
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| business, and the practice of law; he made a career of fighting |
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| social and economic inequality wherever he saw it; and
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| WHEREAS, David S. Canter was born in Boston, Massachusetts |
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| in 1923; his father moved the family from Boston to Russia when |
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| Mr. Canter was a child; Mr. Canter returned to Boston for high |
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| school before receiving his bachelor's degree from the |
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| University of Chicago and then earning his law degree from the |
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| John Marshall Law School; and |
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| WHEREAS, While in school, Mr. Canter became involved in |
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| student politics and served as editor-in-chief of his high |
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| school and college newspapers; he later edited the Packinghouse |
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| Workers Union's Champion, Hyde Park-Kenwood Voices, and former |
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| Chicago Mayor Harold Washington's Second Term newsletter, and |
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| with his swift pen, he also printed dozens of newspapers on |
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| behalf of Chicago politicians; and |
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| WHEREAS, As a political activist, Mr. Canter marched with |
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| Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, fighting for open-housing |
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| in Chicago; and |
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| WHEREAS, David S. Canter served as an advisor to prominent |
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| Chicago politicians, including Harold Washington, Carol |
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| Moseley Braun, and Bobby Rush; he was known for his |
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| block-by-block command of voting patterns; and |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Canter served as former Mayor Washington's |