Bill Text: IL HR0706 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Reverend Archibald Mosley on his life's accomplishments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR0706 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0706-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 honor Reverend Archibald Mosley | ||||||
4 | on his life's accomplishments; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Reverend Mosley was born and raised in Carbondale; | ||||||
6 | he attended Attucks High School and was planning on attending | ||||||
7 | Southern Illinois University upon graduation, before being | ||||||
8 | selected for the Marines; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Reverend Mosley was one of the first African | ||||||
10 | Americans to serve in the United States Marine Corps during | ||||||
11 | World War II; he, along with 20,000 other African American | ||||||
12 | Marines, was trained in segregated facilities at Montford | ||||||
13 | Point, North Carolina from 1942 to 1949 after President | ||||||
14 | Franklin D. Roosevelt ended the Marine Corps status as a | ||||||
15 | white-only branch of the armed forces; he served on the front | ||||||
16 | lines during the invasion of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima | ||||||
17 | and, with his fellow Montford Point Marines, was tasked with | ||||||
18 | the clean-up at Sasebo and Nagasaki after the dropping of the | ||||||
19 | atomic bomb; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Following his time in the military, Reverend | ||||||
21 | Mosley attended Southern Illinois University and earned 5 | ||||||
22 | college degrees - 2 bachelor's degrees and 2 master's degrees |
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1 | in science and theology, and a PhD in communications; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Reverend Mosley realized his dream of becoming a | ||||||
3 | minister and had a second successful career as a Professor and | ||||||
4 | Dean at Shaw College in Detroit, Michigan; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Reverend Mosley and his wife raised 4 daughters | ||||||
6 | together; he makes his home in Pontiac, Michigan; therefore, be | ||||||
7 | it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
9 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
10 | we honor Reverend Archibald Mosley on his life's | ||||||
11 | accomplishments, and wish him the best in all his future | ||||||
12 | endeavors; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to Reverend Mosley as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
15 | respect.
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