Bill Text: IL HR0992 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Izola White.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0992 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0992-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 saddened to learn of the death of Izola | ||||||
| 4 | White of Chicago, who passed away on April 10, 2018; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Izola White was born in Kenton, Tennessee; she | ||||||
| 6 | came north to Chicago in the early 1940s as part of the Great | ||||||
| 7 | Migration; she worked as a waitress in other restaurants before | ||||||
| 8 | opening her own in 1957; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Izola White's soul food restaurant opened at a | ||||||
| 10 | time when black patrons were not welcomed in many restaurants | ||||||
| 11 | outside the city's Black Belt; it was a landmark in Chicago's | ||||||
| 12 | Chatham neighborhood until it closed in 2010; she offered | ||||||
| 13 | home-style cooking and a friendly atmosphere that drew | ||||||
| 14 | generations of locals, business owners, police officers, and | ||||||
| 15 | politicians; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Many people got their first jobs from Izola White; | ||||||
| 17 | she hired people who could not get hired anywhere else and | ||||||
| 18 | trained them to cook; she became a mother figure to many of the | ||||||
| 19 | younger patrons; she often gave people credit or let them eat | ||||||
| 20 | for free; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Izola White hosted regular political fundraisers | ||||||
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| 1 | at her restaurant and provided a meeting place for politicians, | ||||||
| 2 | both established and those on the way up, including Barack | ||||||
| 3 | Obama, the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington, and the | ||||||
| 4 | current mayor, Rahm Emanuel; she sponsored a number of Little | ||||||
| 5 | League baseball teams; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Izola White and her restaurant were staples of the | ||||||
| 7 | community; she believed in giving back to her community, and | ||||||
| 8 | her restaurant was symbolic of charitable endeavors; | ||||||
| 9 | therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 12 | mourn the passing of Izola White and extend our sincere | ||||||
| 13 | condolences to all who knew and loved her.
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