Bill Text: IL HR0500 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commemorates the 94th anniversary of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) and commends the accomplishments of the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0500 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0500-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of A. Philip Randolph, the | ||||||
| 3 | Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was the first Black | ||||||
| 4 | union in America to win a collective bargaining agreement with | ||||||
| 5 | a major U.S. corporation and to be chartered under the American | ||||||
| 6 | Federation of Labor; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, In 1941, A. Philip Randolph successfully | ||||||
| 8 | organized a call for mass protests to fight discrimination | ||||||
| 9 | against blacks in wartime jobs; that protest was called off | ||||||
| 10 | after President Franklin Roosevelt issued an Executive Order | ||||||
| 11 | banning all discriminatory practices; another threatened | ||||||
| 12 | protest caused President Harry Truman to issue an Executive | ||||||
| 13 | Order abolishing the practice of segregation in the U.S. Armed | ||||||
| 14 | Forces; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, The ensuing successes led A. Philip Randolph to | ||||||
| 16 | organize the 1963 March on Washington, D.C., where Dr. Martin | ||||||
| 17 | Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum was | ||||||
| 19 | founded in 1995 by Dr. Lyn Hughes; the museum is a self-funded | ||||||
| 20 | African American labor history museum located in the Historic | ||||||
| 21 | Pullman District and is the only cultural institution in the | ||||||
| 22 | nation that showcases the history of the African American labor | ||||||
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| 1 | union movement, the BSCP, and A. Philip Randolph; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum | ||||||
| 3 | proudly celebrates and honors its namesake's lifelong | ||||||
| 4 | leadership in securing employment for all Americans, as well as | ||||||
| 5 | his momentous work to end discrimination and secure employment | ||||||
| 6 | opportunities for African Americans in organized labor; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, The accomplishments of the BSCP and its founder, | ||||||
| 8 | A. Philip Randolph, opened the doors to organized labor for | ||||||
| 9 | African Americans and created a vehicle through which many | ||||||
| 10 | Civil Rights activities were begun; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 12 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we commemorate the 94th anniversary of the Brotherhood of | ||||||
| 14 | Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) and commend the accomplishments of | ||||||
| 15 | the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum; we wish the | ||||||
| 16 | museum continued success in preserving and protecting the | ||||||
| 17 | history of A. Philip Randolph, the Pullman Porters, the African | ||||||
| 18 | American Labor Movement, and the Pullman District; and be it | ||||||
| 19 | further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to David A. Peterson, President of the A. Philip | ||||||
| 22 | Randolph Pullman Porter Museum, and to Dr. Lyn Hughes, Founder | ||||||
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| 1 | of the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum.
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