Illinois SR 849: MEMORIAL-PHILIP S. MCCULLY

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SR0849LRB104 21290 LAW 36054 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 

3to learn of the death of Standish E. "Kwame" Willis, Esq. of 

4Chicago, who passed away in his spiritual homeland of Ghana, 

5West Africa on February 28, 2025; and

6 WHEREAS, Stan Willis, born to Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Plumie 

7Willis on August 16, 1941, was a lifelong Chicagoan who was 

8raised on the West Side and infuenced by his mother's Church of 

9God in Christ (COGIC) faith, his father's work ethic, and his 

10uncle's Garveyite ideals; he was a first-generation high 

11school graduate who enlisted into the United States Air Force 

12during the Vietnam War; after being honorably discharged, he 

13worked as a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority 

14(CTA), where he helped organize several wildcat strikes, 

15including the largest in Chicago's history that disrupted 

16travel city-wide during the 1968 Democratic National 

17Convention, which helped win concessions from the CTA union 

18and led the City of Chicago to begin dismantling racist 

19policies and practices impacting Black drivers; and

20 WHEREAS, Stan Willis, while still with the CTA, attended 

21Crane Junior College, where he was an active student leader; 

22during his studies, he led a march to protest the murders of 

23Black college students by South Carolina National Guardsmen in 

SR0849- 2 -LRB104 21290 LAW 36054 r

1Orangeburg, South Carolina; he also served as editor of the 

2college yearbook, founded the Afro-American History Club, and 

3was elected as president of Student Government, through which 

4he led the student movement to name the new campus after 

5Malcolm X; upon completing his associate's degree, he 

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