IL SR0663

Designates April 15, 2012 as A. Philip Randolph Day in the State of Illinois to honor the labor leader on his 123rd birthday.

Recognizes Asa Philip Randolph as the lead architect of the 1963 March on Washington and his significant but understated role in the Civil Rights movement.

Acknowledges Randolph's labor activism, including his role in securing President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 8802 (Fair Employment Act) to desegregate munitions plants during World War II.

Notes Randolph's historic achievement as the first African-American to serve on the AFL-CIO board as Vice-President and his establishment of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the National Negro Congress.

Invites all Illinois residents to celebrate at the A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum in Chicago and directs presentation of a resolution copy to the museum's founder.