HJ0047 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The North Central Province Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. are sponsoring their first annual legislative visit to the Illinois State Capitol; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., was founded in 1911 on the campus of Indiana University by African-American college men; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an international organization with over 200,000 undergraduate and alumni members; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an organization committed to promoting honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor; and

WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi members who have distinguished themselves individually include Johnny Cochran, Jr., Reginald Lewis, Bill Russell, Gale Sayers, Ralph Abernathy, Tavis Smiley, Percy Sutton, William Johnson, John Singelton, Cedric the Entertainer, Thomas Bradley, John Conyers, Louis Stokes, Oscar Robertson, Arthur Ashe, General Daniel "Chappie" James, Wilt Chamberlin, Sanford Bishop, Walter Fauntroy, and Montell Jordan; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that, in recognition of the achievements of the members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., and the values for which they strive, proclaim Wednesday, April 18, 2007, as the First Annual Kappa Alpha Psi Day in the State of Illinois; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Stevenson Nicholson, North Central Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.