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1
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The North Central Province Chapters of Kappa Alpha
3 Psi Fraternity, Inc. are sponsoring their first annual
4 legislative visit to the Illinois State Capitol; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., was founded in
6 1911 on the campus of Indiana University by African-American
7 college men; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an
9 international organization with over 200,000 undergraduate and
10 alumni members; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an
12 organization committed to promoting honorable achievement in
13 every field of human endeavor; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi members who have distinguished
15 themselves individually include Johnny Cochran, Jr., Reginald
16 Lewis, Bill Russell, Gale Sayers, Ralph Abernathy, Tavis
17 Smiley, Percy Sutton, William Johnson, John Singelton, Cedric
18 the Entertainer, Thomas Bradley, John Conyers, Louis Stokes,
19 Oscar Robertson, Arthur Ashe, General Daniel "Chappie" James,
20 Wilt Chamberlin, Sanford Bishop, Walter Fauntroy, and Montell
21 Jordan; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
3 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that, in recognition of the
4 achievements of the members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.,
5 and the values for which they strive, proclaim Wednesday, April
6 18, 2007, as the First Annual Kappa Alpha Psi Day in the State
7 of Illinois; and be it further
 
8     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
9 presented to Stevenson Nicholson, North Central Polemarch of
10 Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.