Illinois SR 290: RECOGNIZE-REGINALD E. PETTY

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SR0290LRB104 13450 LAW 25858 r

1SENATE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to 

3recognize Reginald Edwin Petty on his service as a 

4trailblazing advocate for civil rights; and

5 WHEREAS, Reginald Petty, who hails from East St. Louis, 

6earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology and 

7secondary education from Southern Illinois University 

8Carbondale in 1956 and 1963, respectively; and

9 WHEREAS, Reginald Petty became an activist in the 1960s; 

10he joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 

11(SNCC), where he worked alongside civil rights icons John 

12Lewis and Dick Gregory, and he was arrested more than 30 times 

13while registering Black voters in the Deep South, evidence of 

14his profound commitment to justice and civil rights; and

15 WHEREAS, Reginald Petty's impact expanded on a global 

16level when he was recruited by Sargent Shriver to join the 

17Peace Corps in 1966; he became one of its first African 

18American country directors, and he served in the Republic of 

19Upper Volta, known today as Burkina Faso, Swaziland, Kenya, 

20and the Seychelles; his work in these newly independent 

21nations helped establish sustainable development, education 

22programs, and cross-cultural understanding; and

SR0290- 2 -LRB104 13450 LAW 25858 r

1 WHEREAS, Reginald Petty has held numerous U.S. 

2Presidential appointments, including executive director of the 

3National Advisory Council on Vocational Education 

4(N.A.C.V.E.), regional director of VISTA's Region II, which 

5included New York, New Jersey, and the Virgin Islands, 

6executive director of the African Development Foundation, and 

7director of the National Research Center; as director of 

8research