Bill Text: IL HR0047 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Essie Lee Bass on her 102nd birthday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0047 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HR0047-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Essie Lee Bass on the
occasion of her 102nd birthday on July 2, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Essie Bass was born the 8th child to John and
Hannah Tyler on July 2, 1917; when she was four years old, her
family moved to Chicago, and she found her self in the middle
of the Harlem Renaissance, witnessing some of the best African
American musicians, writers, artists, and politicians; and
WHEREAS, In 1941, Essie Bass began working for a defense
plant, contributing to the war effort by helping to build
trucks, tanks, guns, and ammunition; after the war, she went to
work for a laundry company, where they manufactured tumblers
for washers and dryers; she later worked for St. Anthony
Hospital and Burger King before retiring in 1975; and
WHEREAS, Essie Bass has witnessed 18 American presidents,
the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education verdict, the 1955 death of
Emmet Till, the 1955 Bus Boycott sparked by Rosa Parks, the
leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, the Little
Rock Nine, the North Carolina lunch counter sit-in, the 1963
March on Washington, the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Vietnam
War, the establishment of the Congress of Racial Equality,

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Organized Freedom Rides, President Kennedy and civil rights
legislation, the integration of schools, the Arkansas 9, the
Birmingham Church Bombing, Mississippi Burning, Rosewood, the
1965 Lyndon B. Johnson voting rights legislation, the Black
Panther Party, Shirley Chisholm becoming the first woman to run
for President, Jesse Jackson's presidential run, Oprah
becoming the first black billionaire, and Barack Obama becoming
the first black American president; and
WHEREAS, Essie Bass has made Chicago her home for nearly
100 years; she has three children and numerous grandchildren
and great-grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Essie Bass still goes to church on the first
Sunday of the month to participate in Communion; she enjoys
hearing the Voices of Victory sing; she takes life one day at a
time and makes the most of every moment; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Essie Lee Bass on her 102nd birthday on July 2,
2019; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Essie Bass as a symbol of our respect and esteem.