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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On Monday, September 22, 1957, nine African
3 American students arrived at Central High School in Little
4 Rock, Arkansas, looking forward to an education; Mr. Ernest
5 Green, presently the managing director, Lehman Brothers,
6 Washington, D.C., was one of those students; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Those students were the first to integrate Central
8 High School following the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in
9 Brown vs. Board of Education that declared segregation illegal;
10 Mr. Green and his fellow students were determined to get an
11 education no matter what obstacles or discriminatory practices
12 were placed in front of them; Mr. Green and the other students
13 courageously faced adversity and received their education,
14 paving the way for equality in education for all students; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The month of February is Black History Month and
16 Rich Township is celebrating the month with a program featuring
17 Mr. Green as a speaker on Thursday, February 10, 2005;
18 therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21 we honor Ernest Green for his role as a member of the "Little
22 Rock Nine" and for having the courage to face adversity in
23 order to receive an education; and be it further
 
24     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
25 presented to Mr. Green as an expression of our respect and
26 esteem.