HR1453 Summary

• Commemorates the death of Bishop Arthur M. Brazier of Chicago, who passed away on October 22, 2010.

• Recognizes Brazier's civil rights activism, including founding The Woodlawn Organization with community organizer Saul Alinsky to combat slumlords and displacement, organizing school boycotts, and helping bring Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. to Chicago in 1966.

• Notes Brazier's housing and community development work through the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation, which built low and mixed-income housing, and his role in demolishing the dilapidated elevated structure on 63rd Street and constructing a new church complex known as the "Miracle on 63rd."

• Lists survivors including his wife Esther Isabelle Brazier, one son, three daughters, 7 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and godson Tyrone Stoudemire.

• Directs the House to mourn Bishop Brazier's passing and present a copy of the resolution to his family.