IL HR0432

Recognizes Mound Bayou, Mississippi, an all-Black town founded in 1887 by formerly enslaved African Americans Isaiah Thornton Montgomery and Benjamin Green, as a symbol of Black resilience and self-determination

Acknowledges the town's role as a haven during the Jim Crow era and its connections to Cook County leaders, including John H. Stroger Jr. (first Black president of the Cook County Board) and others with familial ties to the community

Highlights the Taborian Hospital, founded in Mound Bayou in 1942 as the first all-Black staffed hospital in the United States and the nation's first HMO

Promotes the Chicago screening of the documentary "Mound Bayou: The Most Remarkable Town in the South" at the DuSable Black History Museum on August 29, 2025, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Commends all individuals involved in the documentary project and urges Illinois residents to reflect on Mound Bayou's legacy of Black excellence and economic sovereignty