Bill Text: IL HR0934 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Haki R. Madhubuti on the occasion of his 70th birthday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-17 - Resolution Adopted [HR0934 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HR0934-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are pleased to congratulate Haki R. Madhubuti
on the occasion of his 70th birthday on February 23, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Haki Madhubuti was born as Donald Luther Lee on
February 23, 1942, in Little Rock, Arkansas; he grew up in
Detroit, Michigan; and
WHEREAS, Haki Madhubuti attended Wilson Junior College,
Roosevelt University, and the University of Illinois; he earned
his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa in
1984; and
WHEREAS, Haki Madhubuti served as a member of the United
States Armed Forces from 1960 to 1963; and
WHEREAS, Haki Madhubuti was employed as an apprentice
curator at the DuSable Museum of African American History in
Chicago from 1963 to 1967; he served as a writer-in-residence
at Cornell University from 1968 to 1969, a poet-in-residence at
Northwestern Illinois State College from 1969 to 1970, and a
writer-in-residence at Howard University from 1970 to 1978; he
has served as editor and publisher of the Third World Press
since 1967; he has also served as a professor of English at

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Chicago State University since 1984; and
WHEREAS, Haki Madhubuti is well known as a major influence
on African-American writers and a leading political voice for
black awareness and pride; his poems and political writings
stress the creation of an independent black identity, as well
as an emphasis on self-reliance and social protest; and
WHEREAS, Haki Madhubuti is the author of numerous works;
his first book of poems, "Think Black", was published under the
name Donald L. Lee in 1967; he is also the author of "Don't
Cry, Scream" (1969), "We Walk the Way of the New World" (1970),
and "Directionscore: Selected and New Poems" (1971); under the
name of Haki R. Madhubuti, he published "Book of Life" (1973),
"Earthquakes and Sunrise Missions: Poetry and Essays of Black
Renewal, 1973-1983" (1978), "Killing Memory, Seeking
Ancestors" (1987), "GroundWork: Selected Poems of Haki R.
Madhubuti" (1996), and "Heartlove" (1998); he has also authored
and edited a number of books on the African-American
experience, including "Million Man March/Day of Absence: A
Commemorative Anthology. Speeches, Commentary, Photography,
Poetry, Illustrations, Documents" (1996) and has contributed
to numerous anthologies and published poetry and political
essays in a wide range of journals and magazines; and
WHEREAS, Haki Madhubuti has been the recipient of numerous

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awards and honors, including National Endowment for the Arts
fellowships in 1969 and 1982, the Kuumba Workshop Black
Liberation Award in 1973, and the Broadside Press Outstanding
Poet's Award in 1975; under his direction, the Third World
Press has also received numerous honors and awards; therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Haki R. Madhubuti on the occasion of his 70th
birthday and wish him success and happiness in the future; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Haki Madhubuti as a symbol of our esteem and
respect.