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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Darnell Herbert Hawkins, Sr. was born on April 7, |
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| 1916 in Texarkana, Texas, the 8th and final child of Willie and |
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| Lizzie Ann Hawkins; he migrated north to Chicago with his |
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| mother and siblings in 1924; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hawkins was educated in the Chicago Public |
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| School System, graduating from Raymond Elementary in 1930 and |
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| Wendell Phillips High School in 1934; he attended Wilson Junior |
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| College and later took courses at Y Central College of Chicago; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hawkins began his newspaper career in 1931 by |
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| delivering the Chicago Herald Examiner and by 1938 he was |
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| branch manager for the Chicago Herald-American; by 1941, Mr. |
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| Hawkins purchased a Chicago Herald-American Agency, which he |
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| successfully ran for 20 years; in 1961, he became the first |
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| African-American appointed district manager for the Chicago |
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| Herald-American; he retired from the Chicago Tribune in 1976; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hawkins has been a phenomenal role model, |
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| mentor, and surrogate father for hundreds of boys and young men |
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| and remains in contact with many of them to this day; and
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| WHEREAS, Along with his newspaper agency and various real |
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| estate holdings, Mr. Hawkins' business ventures were wide and |
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| varied; he opened a beauty shop in the basement of the family |
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| home in 1945, he was an organizer of DuSable Distributors, the |
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| first African-American beer distributor, and later opened |
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| Wentworth Gardens Liquor Store and Lounge; he served as |
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| President of Morgan Park Savings and Loan and was elected to |
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| the board of Highland Community Bank; Mr. Hawkins has also |
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| served on the boards of the Young Men's Christian Association |
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| and the Paul E. Stewart Senior Complex; and
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