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HR0715LRB104 21072 ECR 35147 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Standish 

4E. "Kwame" Willis, Esq. of Chicago, who passed away on 

5February 28, 2025; and

6 WHEREAS, Stan Willis, born to Andrew and Plumie Willis on 

7August 16, 1941, was a lifelong Chicagoan who was raised on the 

8West Side and under the Church of God in Christ (COGIC) faith; 

9he was a first-generation high school graduate who enlisted 

10into the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War; after 

11being honorably discharged, he worked as a bus driver for the 

12Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), where he helped organize 

13several wildcat strikes, including the largest in Chicago's 

14history that disrupted travel city-wide during the 1968 

15Democratic National Convention, which helped win concessions 

16from the CTA union and led the City of Chicago to begin 

17dismantling racist policies and practices impacting Black 

18drivers; and

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

20Crane Junior College, where he was an active student leader; 

21during his studies, he led a march to protest the murders of 

22Black college students by South Carolina National Guardsmen in 

23Orangeburg, South Carolina; he also served as editor of the 

HR0715- 2 -LRB104 21072 ECR 35147 r

1college yearbook, founded the Afro-American History Club, and 

2was elected as president of Student Government, through which 

3he led the student movement to name the new campus after 

4Malcolm X; upon completing his associate's degree, he 

5transferred to the University of Chicago, earning a Bachelor 

6of Arts and a master's degree in Latin American Studies; he