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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are
3 pleased to recognize the historic significance of the birth of
4 the Village of Brooklyn, Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, In 1873, some five years after the establishment
6 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which
7 established and bestowed American citizenship to free,
8 formerly enslaved Africans, 40 free, formerly enslaved
9 Africans petitioned for the legal incorporation of the new
10 government of the Village of Brooklyn; and
 
11     WHEREAS, The incorporation of the Village of Brooklyn
12 marked the birth of the first African-American incorporated
13 town; and
 
14     WHEREAS, In July of 2003, the Village of Brooklyn joined
15 with Venice and Eagle Park Acres to form the North Star
16 Corridor Economic Alliance Project; this project works to
17 enhance all three of the aforementioned communities by focusing
18 on re-investment and re-development opportunities in concert
19 with the current economic expansions underway in the North Star
20 Corridor area; the project strives to promote economic
21 self-determination with dignity; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 recognize the 134th birthday of the historic Village of
4 Brooklyn, Illinois, a pioneer in African-American cultural
5 self-determination; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the Village of Brooklyn, Illinois, as an
8 expression of our esteem.