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IL HR1449
Resolution
Status
Passed
11/16/2010
Primary Sponsor
Marlow Colvin
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AI Summary
- Illinois House of Representatives mourns the death of Bishop Arthur M. Brazier of Chicago, who passed away on October 22, 2010
- Bishop Brazier was born in Hyde Park, served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and became a minister in 1951 while working as a letter carrier
- Founded The Woodlawn Organization in the 1960s to battle slumlords and displacement, helped bring Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. to Chicago in 1966, and worked with community organizer Saul Alinsky
- Established the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation to build low and mixed-income housing and led efforts to demolish a dilapidated elevated structure on 63rd Street, building a new church complex called the "Miracle on 63rd"
- Bishop Brazier is survived by his wife Esther Isabelle, one son, three daughters, seven grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and his godson
Legislative Description
MEMORIAL-BISHOP BRAZIER
Last Action
Resolution Adopted
11/16/2010
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