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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of this Body are honored to recognize |
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| significant milestones in the lives of the people of this |
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| State; and
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Oriella Robinson |
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| of Edwardsville is celebrating the 103rd anniversary of her |
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| birth; and
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| WHEREAS, Oriella May Robinson was born on September 22, |
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| 1903, in Edwardsville, the second child of Edward and Alice |
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| Ellington Robinson; her siblings were older brother, |
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| Courtland, younger sisters, Irene Madison and Malvena Hayes, |
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| and younger brothers, Edward Udell Robinson and Ralph Robinson; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Robinson is a member of Wesley Chapel A.M.E. |
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| Church in Edwardsville; she joined the church in 1917 at the |
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| age of 14, during a revival; she says that she loves the church |
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| and once she joined, she never left; she cleaned the church on |
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| Saturdays and gave socials to help pay the pastor's salary; and
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| WHEREAS, To earn a living, Ms. Robinson cooked and cleaned |
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| for private families; she also cooked at the St. James Hotel |
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| and the Leland Hotel in Edwardsville, where she was paid $10 |
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| per week; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout her lifetime, Ms. Robinson has seen |
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| many things; some of her early memories include paying five or |
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| ten cents to see a "silent" movie, with African Americans |
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| segregated in the balcony and off to the side in the theater; |
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| she attended the segregated Lincoln School in Edwardsville, |
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| where she finished the eighth grade; she recalls going to the |
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| city park where bands played, window shopping at the Palace |
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| Store, using a well before running water was installed in the |