Bill Text: IL HR1351 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of John Henry Samuel Wallace.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR1351 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1351-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
John | ||||||
4 | Henry Samuel Wallace, who passed away on June 16, 2016; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Wallace was born on July 19, 1925; and
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6 | WHEREAS, John Wallace served his country honorably and | ||||||
7 | proudly as a World War II Naval veteran; he served his
God | ||||||
8 | morally and nobly as an ordained elder in the African Methodist | ||||||
9 | Episcopal Church; and
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10 | WHEREAS, John Wallace graduated from Chicago State | ||||||
11 | University with a master's degree
in special education; he was | ||||||
12 | a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and was a | ||||||
13 | chartering
member of two campus chapters; and
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14 | WHEREAS, John Wallace taught at Malcolm X College where he | ||||||
15 | also served as a Dean; he
went on to become Executive Director | ||||||
16 | of the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy at Howard
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17 | University in Washington D.C.; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In the 1970s and 1980s, John Wallace took action | ||||||
19 | against the predominately white
New Trier High School in | ||||||
20 | Winnetka after his son was forced to read Mark Twain's |
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1 | Huckleberry
Finn aloud in class; recognizing the novel as | ||||||
2 | racially intolerant, he took up this issue and appeared on
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3 | Nightline with Ted Koppel and had numerous articles printed by | ||||||
4 | the Washington Post; he went on
to rewrite the novel, replacing | ||||||
5 | the "N" word with "slave"; and
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6 | WHEREAS, John Wallace was preceded in death by his | ||||||
7 | siblings, Jo Anne and James, and his sons, Johnny and Mark
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8 | (Mary) Wallace; and
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9 | WHEREAS, John Wallace is survived by his
wife of 62 years, | ||||||
10 | Joan; his sons, Eric (Jennifer) and Victor (Karen); his | ||||||
11 | grandchildren, Eric, Gregory,
and Jahanah; his | ||||||
12 | great-grand-daughter, Ja'Mayah; and his siblings, Mary | ||||||
13 | Livingston and Peter (Katsuko); therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
15 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
16 | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
17 | John Henry Samuel
Wallace; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of John Wallace as an expression of our | ||||||
20 | sympathy.
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