Full Text of SR1516 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Angela Jackson was born in Greenville, | 3 | | Mississippi and was raised on Chicago's South Side before | 4 | | embarking on an academic career at Northwestern University and | 5 | | the University of Chicago; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Angela Jackson has distinguished herself as an | 7 | | award-winning poet, novelist, and playwright; she has authored | 8 | | three chapbooks, four volumes of poetry, and several stage | 9 | | plays; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Angela Jackson's writing has been honored with | 11 | | numerous awards, including the Carl Sandburg Award, the Chicago | 12 | | Sun-Times/Friends of Literature Book of the Year Award, the | 13 | | John Gardner Prize, and the American Book Award; in addition, | 14 | | she has been nominated for numerous other awards, including the | 15 | | Pulitzer Prize; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Angela Jackson was a 20-year member of the | 17 | | Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) Writers' | 18 | | Workshop and succeeded the late Hoyt W. Fuller as its chair; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Angela Jackson's poetry and fiction have been | 21 | | published in many journals and anthologies, including |
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| 1 | | Triquarterly, First World, NOMMO, Chicago Review, Essence, and | 2 | | The Best of the Pushcart Prizes, among others; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Angela Jackson has traveled throughout Illinois | 4 | | to teach students of the importance, power, and | 5 | | self-empowerment of poetry; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Angela Jackson has, in being named Poet Laureate | 7 | | of Illinois, followed in the footsteps of Howard Austin, Carl | 8 | | Sandburg, Kevin Stein, and Gwendolyn Brooks, whose life she | 9 | | chronicled in her biography A Surprised Queenhood in the New | 10 | | Black Sun: The Life and Legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks; therefore, | 11 | | be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare November 25, | 14 | | 2020 as Angela Jackson Day and support her goal of awakening in | 15 | | people a lifelong passion for poetry; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Angela Jackson, Poet Laureate of Illinois, as a | 18 | | symbol of our respect and esteem.
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