Full Text of HR0800 96th General Assembly
HR0800 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| M. Earle Sardon of Chicago, who passed away on December 18, | 5 |
| 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Sardon served his country with pride and | 7 |
| distinction as a member of the United States Army during World | 8 |
| War II; after returning home, he went to Chicago to fight, | 9 |
| through non-violent protests, for the rights of his fellow | 10 |
| African-Americans; in 1946, he organized the Civil Rights | 11 |
| Program, published and edited the Crusader newspaper, | 12 |
| campaigned against Wonder Bread Company, and placed the first | 13 |
| African-American bread truck driver salesman; by 1947, every | 14 |
| bread company had African-American drivers in their ranks; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Sardon continued his fight to place cake, | 16 |
| pie, cookie, and laundry truck drivers, whiskey and wine | 17 |
| salesmen, and beer company employees; in 1949, he opened Andy | 18 |
| Frain Co., which placed African-American ushers at sporting | 19 |
| events for the first time; he helped to organize the | 20 |
| African-American garbage truck company owners and led efforts | 21 |
| to increase their business; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Sardon marched on with the civil rights |
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| movement to mount a campaign against Agar Meat Packers, A&P | 2 |
| Stores, the First National Bank in downtown Chicago, Brinks | 3 |
| Money Transport Company, Greyhound Bus Co., El Produto Cigar | 4 |
| Co., and numerous ice cream companies; during 1961 and 1962, he | 5 |
| joined the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King in Georgia, | 6 |
| Washington, D.C., and Chicago; throughout the years, he was | 7 |
| arrested many times for his efforts for civil rights; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Reverend Sardon served the people of the City of | 9 |
| Chicago in ministry for 60 years; in 1978, he was involved in | 10 |
| the organization of The Crusaders of Justice, a group which | 11 |
| worked tirelessly to help those less fortunate; and
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| WHEREAS, Reverend Sardon was an active member of numerous | 13 |
| civic and charitable organizations; he served on the Citizens | 14 |
| Utility Board as a member appointed by Governor James Thompson; | 15 |
| he helped organize and served as chairman of the Illinois | 16 |
| Committee of Churches for Religious Freedom and traveled to | 17 |
| every state to speak and organize for religious freedom; he | 18 |
| also organized a State-financed homeless shelter and worked to | 19 |
| create and maintain a drug prevention program; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2003, Reverend Sardon was appointed to serve as | 21 |
| Director of Americorps' VISTA program site in Chicago under the | 22 |
| direction of the U.S. Department of Labor; he continued to | 23 |
| serve as pastor of Holiness Community Temple, President of the |
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| Crusaders of Justice, and as a lecturer, counselor, and crisis | 2 |
| mediator until his passing; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 6 |
| Reverend M. Earle Sardon; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Reverend M. Earle Sardon as an | 9 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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