Bill Text: IL HR0087 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Harold's Chicken Shack on their 70th anniversary and wishes them continued success.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Resolution Adopted [HR0087 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0087-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Harold's Chicken, a | ||||||
| 4 | successful Black-owned business, on the occasion of their 70th | ||||||
| 5 | anniversary; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Harold's Chicken is one of Chicago's oldest | ||||||
| 7 | Black-owned restaurants; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Harold's Chicken was founded by entrepreneur | ||||||
| 9 | Harold Pierce when he opened a small restaurant with his wife, | ||||||
| 10 | Hilda, on 39th Street called H&H in 1950; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Harold's Chicken became one of the few examples | ||||||
| 12 | of a thriving fast food chain that was owned by, and primarily | ||||||
| 13 | served, the Black community; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Harold's Chicken is known for serving freshly | ||||||
| 15 | fried chicken, a chain-wide policy initiated by Harold Pierce, | ||||||
| 16 | and cooking their fried chicken in a mix of half beef tallow | ||||||
| 17 | and half vegetable oil, which produces a taste similar to the | ||||||
| 18 | traditional home-cooked fried chicken that was invented in the | ||||||
| 19 | American South; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Harold's Chicken has expanded to 45 locations | ||||||
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| 1 | today, with 26 locations in Illinois alone; they have | ||||||
| 2 | additional locations in Arizona, California, Georgia, Indiana, | ||||||
| 3 | and Nevada, with plans to further expand to Charlotte, North | ||||||
| 4 | Carolina, St. Louis, Missouri, Houston, Texas, and Las Vegas, | ||||||
| 5 | Nevada; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Harold's Chicken is now overseen by CEO Kristen | ||||||
| 7 | Pierce, Harold Pierce's daughter; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we congratulate Harold's Chicken on their 70th anniversary and | ||||||
| 11 | wish them continued success; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 13 | presented to Harold's Chicken CEO Kristen Pierce as an | ||||||
| 14 | expression of our esteem and respect.
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