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IL SR1516
Resolution
Status
Failed
1/13/2021
Primary Sponsor
Jacqueline Collins
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AI Summary
- Declares November 25, 2020 as Angela Jackson Day in Illinois
- Recognizes Angela Jackson as an award-winning poet, novelist, and playwright who has authored three chapbooks, four volumes of poetry, and several stage plays
- Notes Jackson's major literary awards including the Carl Sandburg Award, Chicago Sun-Times/Friends of Literature Book of the Year Award, John Gardner Prize, and American Book Award, plus a Pulitzer Prize nomination
- Acknowledges Jackson's 20-year membership in the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) Writers' Workshop, which she chaired after succeeding Hoyt W. Fuller
- Honors Jackson as Poet Laureate of Illinois, following in the footsteps of previous laureates including Carl Sandburg and Gwendolyn Brooks, whose biography she wrote
Legislative Description
ANGELA JACKSON DAY
Last Action
Session Sine Die
1/13/2021
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