Bill Text: IL HR0603 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes the 166th anniversary of the Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0603 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0603-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Quinn Chapel | ||||||
4 | African Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago, which | ||||||
5 | celebrated its 166th anniversary on July 21, 2013; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel is the oldest African American church | ||||||
7 | in the City of Chicago and is believed to be the sponsor of one | ||||||
8 | of the longest-running African American events in the city, the | ||||||
9 | "June Rose Concert", of which the 118th concert was performed | ||||||
10 | on June 9, 2013; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel was started in 1844 by a prayer group | ||||||
12 | of 7 members, 7 years after the City of Chicago was | ||||||
13 | incorporated; the first group met in the home of John Day, | ||||||
14 | located at what is now an alley between Randolph and Lake | ||||||
15 | Streets; as the group grew, they relocated to the home of Maria | ||||||
16 | Parker, one of the organizers of the Prayer Band; by 1846, the | ||||||
17 | growing size of the congregation necessitated another move and | ||||||
18 | they settled into an old school house located at State and | ||||||
19 | Madison Streets and began the application process of becoming | ||||||
20 | accepted as a congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal | ||||||
21 | Church; on June 22, 1847 the Prayer group became an official | ||||||
22 | congregation of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and was | ||||||
23 | named in honor of Bishop William Paul Quinn, the African |
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1 | Methodist Episcopal Missionary who organized many churches in | ||||||
2 | Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel has stood at its present location on | ||||||
4 | South Wabash Avenue since 1891; before moving to its current | ||||||
5 | location, it was destroyed twice by fire, the first time being | ||||||
6 | during the "Great Chicago Fire" of 1871; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel is rich in history; prior to the | ||||||
8 | Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, it played an important role | ||||||
9 | in the abolition movement in Chicago and served as a station | ||||||
10 | for the Underground Railroad; notable speakers at the church | ||||||
11 | have included Presidents William B. McKinley and William Howard | ||||||
12 | Taft; educators George Washington Carver and Booker T. | ||||||
13 | Washington; poet and literary genius Paul Lawrence Dunbar; | ||||||
14 | abolitionist and orator Frederick Douglas; journalist and | ||||||
15 | activist Ida B. Wells; women suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony; | ||||||
16 | and preachers Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., Reverend Dr. | ||||||
17 | Martin Luther King, Jr., and Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; | ||||||
18 | in recent years, Governors Pat Quinn and Rod Blagojevich, Mayor | ||||||
19 | Richard M. Daley, Congressmen Danny K. Davis, Bobby Rush, and | ||||||
20 | Jesse Jackson, Jr., and then-Senator Barack Obama have spoken | ||||||
21 | at the church; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Quinn Chapel was placed on the National Register | ||||||
23 | of Historic Places in 1979 by the Joint Commission on |
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1 | Landmarks; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
3 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | we congratulate Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal | ||||||
5 | Church which celebrated its 166th anniversary and wish them | ||||||
6 | many more successful years; and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to Quinn Chapel as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
9 | respect.
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