Cecil A. Partee Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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CECIL PARTEE (L) DISCUSSING A COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM WITH DR. ANDREW P. TORRENCE, PRESIDENT OF TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, ca. 1972. PARTEE, WHO GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY IN 1942, WAS THE PRINCIPLE SPEAKER AT THIS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISE. "Tennessee State had a course in business administration and that's what I wanted to take."
CORNEAL DAVIS (L) AND CEClL PARTEE. WHEN PARTEE ARRIVED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1957, DAVIS HAD GAINED THE EXPERIENCE OF 14 YEARS, HAVING STARTED HIS LEGISLA- TIVE CAREER IN 1943. "We got a lot <strong>of</strong>guidance, in particular from Corneal Davis."
Page 1 and 2: University of Illinois at Springfie
Page 3 and 4: ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 107 St
Page 5 and 6: CECIL A. PARTEE Illinois House of R
Page 7 and 8: Mr. Bartee retired at the end of th
Page 9 and 10: Volume I SESSION 1, TAPE 1, SIDE 1
Page 11 and 12: Q: You say she taught there near Bl
Page 13 and 14: The third grade teacher taught us t
Page 15 and 16: A: No. None as dramatic as that. Ha
Page 17 and 18: and said, in one of the contests, L
Page 19 and 20: I 1 Q: Oh? i '1 A: And then I had a
Page 21 and 22: So the whole family relationship an
Page 23 and 24: a tie-in between that and what we c
Page 25 and 26: A: And my grandmother. My grandmoth
Page 27 and 28: But I think it was more or less a S
Page 29 and 30: a debate on , "What is most destruc
Page 31 and 32: somebody or something foul. So, had
Page 33 and 34: when prohibition was over and they
Page 35 and 36: A: Mixed crews, yes. Q: Do you reme
Page 37 and 38: to her for fear she wouldn't pay me
Page 39 and 40: lawyer who became a judge there. He
Page 41 and 42: A: (pause) I don't know. I think pr
Page 43 and 44: CHARLES CECIL AND BESSIE DUPREE PAR
Page 45: COURTESV OF BESSIE D. IVY CECIL PAR
Page 49 and 50: A: Beautiful. I stayed in the dormi
Page 51 and 52: A: I didn't know any of them until
Page 53 and 54: A: Well, just like going out for th
Page 55 and 56: 4 1 SESSION 3, TAPE 3, SIDE 1 Q: I
Page 57 and 58: yourself and so forth. Whereas, in
Page 59 and 60: A: Yes, I remember a fellow by the
Page 61 and 62: six inches, into my leg. And just m
Page 63 and 64: Q: And you're still in touch with t
Page 65 and 66: A: But they said, "You can go somew
Page 67 and 68: Q: How did you get back and forth?
Page 69 and 70: just on the weekend which was a lot
Page 71 and 72: A: Well, I was there for about a ye
Page 73 and 74: old fellow told me that he's from t
Page 75 and 76: We tried to get a decision between
Page 77 and 78: 63 Abraham Lincoln Hotel and we wer
Page 79 and 80: Q: That had already finished? A: No
Page 81 and 82: legislation, I think one day what I
Page 83 and 84: A: No, that was about two years bef
Page 85 and 86: A: Yes. q: Did she continue active
Page 87 and 88: Q: Was this in replacement of Mr. C
Page 89 and 90: Filipino or some man may be married
Page 91 and 92: deal of controversy about them. Q:
Page 93 and 94: well paying jobs but they had to do
Page 95 and 96: joined other organizations for the
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A: Generally just before an electio
Page 99 and 100:
A: No, I don't think we had opposit
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where they paid you far two years t
Page 103 and 104:
BLACK DEMOCRATS IN THE 77TH ILLINOI
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CECIL PARTEE AT WORK IN THE SENATE
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A: No, it was the Legislative Refer
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Q: Well! (laughter) A: Yes, didn't
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esearch if you needed it? A: Bill I
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started from nothing. Q: Did that o
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A: Well, not specifically as to the
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for that. About 1968, Chicago start
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he was there. We joined him in 1967
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years and for many many years it fa
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of that nature. But other than that
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A: No, I do not. Q: Why were yau co
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the word I seek now is . . . quota
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the 1965 Civil Rights Act at the fe
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matter of fact--with the head of th
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served or rehabilitated as well as
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