Full Text of HR1488 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize the life of Dr. Webb Evans, | 4 | | who passed away on February 23, 2015 at the age of 101; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evans founded the United American
Progress | 6 | | Association (UAPA) in 1961, which encourages African Americans | 7 | | to spend their money
with African American business owners | 8 | | within the community; known as "Mr. Buy Black", he served as | 9 | | President of the UAPA for 51 years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The legacy of Dr. Evans is fighting for economic | 11 | | justice for African Americans; he worked alongside numerous | 12 | | civil rights activists, including Medgar Evers, Dr. Vernon | 13 | | Johns, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The Honorable Elijah | 14 | | Muhammad, Lu Palmer, Harold Washington, Wesley South, Minister | 15 | | Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and a host of religious, | 16 | | civic, business, political, local, and national community | 17 | | leaders and ordinary people; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evans received many accolades, including | 19 | | Honorary Citizen of the Great Volunteer State of Tennessee, | 20 | | induction into Chicago Senior Citizen Hall of Fame, and being | 21 | | listed in Who's Who in Black America; he traveled to Israel to | 22 | | study the Lifestyle of Blacks in the Holy Land; he was selected |
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| 1 | | as Ambassador for Peace by the International Federation for | 2 | | World Peace, honored with a lifetime achievement award from | 3 | | WVON Radio, and received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the | 4 | | National Civil Rights Library Organization; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evans published three books; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Evans was a member of PUSH, the Chatham Avalon | 7 | | Park Community Council, the Black United Front, the NAACP, the | 8 | | Cathedral Baptist Church, and the Baptist Pastors Conference of | 9 | | Chicago; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Dr. Webb Evans Center for Economic Change will | 11 | | be dedicated on November 16, 2016; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | mourn the passing of Dr. Webb Evans, and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Dr. Evans as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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