Full Text of HR0190 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. was founded at | 3 | | Howard University in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1914 by | 4 | | three African-American students, A. Langston Taylor, Leonard | 5 | | F. Morse, and Charles I. Brown, who united to form a fraternity | 6 | | that would exemplify the ideals of brotherhood, scholarship, | 7 | | and service; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The founders of Phi Beta Sigma offered support | 9 | | and encouragement to Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, | 10 | | Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie | 11 | | Watts as they founded Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. at Howard | 12 | | University on January 16, 1920 to raise people's | 13 | | consciousness, encourage scholastic achievement, and foster | 14 | | unity among members, making Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta | 15 | | the first fraternity and sorority to be constitutionally bound | 16 | | to each other; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma brothers believe that each member | 18 | | and potential member should be judged by their own merits, | 19 | | rather than family background, affluence, race, nationality, | 20 | | skin tone, or hair texture and should work to return newly | 21 | | acquired skills to the communities from which they come, with | 22 | | this conviction mirrored in the fraternity's motto, "Culture | 23 | | For Service and Service For Humanity"; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Phi Beta Sigma brothers contributed greatly to | 2 | | the literary and artistic movement known as the Harlem | 3 | | Renaissance, to the cause of civil rights, civic engagement, | 4 | | and freedom, and to the sciences, and membership has included | 5 | | writer Alain LeRoy Locke, poet and diplomat James Weldon | 6 | | Johnson, workers rights activist A. Philip Randolph, scientist | 7 | | George Washington Carver, astronaut Victor Glover, Congressman | 8 | | Elijah Cummings, Congressman John Lewis, and Nnamdi Azikiwe, | 9 | | the first president of independent Nigeria; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta was the first Black greek-lettered | 11 | | organization to centralize its operations in a national | 12 | | headquarters, first to charter a chapter in Africa, and the | 13 | | first to form auxiliary groups and currently boasts hundreds | 14 | | of chapters worldwide and over 100,000 members who seek to | 15 | | upload its ideals of "Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, and | 16 | | Finer Womanhood"; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Zeta Phi Beta sisters contributed greatly to the | 18 | | literary and artistic movement known as the Harlem | 19 | | Renaissance, to the cause of civil rights, civic engagement, | 20 | | and freedom, and to the sciences, and membership has included | 21 | | writer and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, attorney | 22 | | Violette Anderson, educator Dr. Elizabeth Koontz, journalist | 23 | | and media entrepreneur Clara McLaughlin, and psychiatrist and |
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| 1 | | substance abuse treatment expert Dr. Alyce Gullattee; | 2 | | therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we declare April 26, 2023 as Phi Beta Sigma and Zeta Phi Beta | 6 | | Day at the Illinois State Capitol; and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That we commend the efforts of the members of | 8 | | Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma for their commitment to | 9 | | community service and recognize their collective contributions | 10 | | to making their communities a better place to live, play, and | 11 | | work; and be it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Phi Beta Sigma | 14 | | Fraternity, Inc. as a symbol our respect and esteem.
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