Cecil A. Partee Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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Table of Contents Note on page location: Volume I: pages 1-116 Volume 11: pages 117-244 Preface ............................ TheYearsBefore ....................... Family background - Blytheville, Arkansas - Education - Job experiences - Tennessee State University - Northwestern University - Law practice - Precinct captain - Assistant state's attorney - Ward president - Ward committeeman - Marriage The General Assembly Years .................. Campaign and election - Getting started - Civil rights legislation - Insurance legislation - Consumer rights legislation - Crime and corrections legislation - Industry and labor relations legislation - Elections legislation - Legislative reform - Fiscal reform - Judicial reform - Public aid, health, welfare and safety legislation - Education legislation - Revenue legislation - Senate president The Years After . ....................... Attorney general candidate - Chicago Department of Human Services - Chicago city treasurer - Thoughts on a political career today Index.. ........................... Illustrations following pages 33, 88 and 180 vii
Volume I SESSION 1, TAPE 1, SIDE 1 Q: First of a11 we would like to get some background information, sir. Where were you born, sir? A: Blytheville, Arkansas. Q: And when were you born, sir? A: April 10, 1921. Q: How long did you live at that location, sir? A: Until I finished high school. I had just turned seventeen when I finished high school. Then I went away to college and I spent a couple of summers there since then, but that's about it. Q: What was your father's name, sir? A: Charles Cecil Partee. Q: And was he born in Blytheville also? A: No, he was born in Meridian, Mississippi* i Q: Could you give me scme background information about your father's fadl ? A: My father was a twin and was one of four children. He came to ~rkansasl to live perhaps sme five or six years prior to my birth. He was a cotton classer. A cotton classer is one who determines the staple and value of cotton, once the seed has been removed, for the purpose of evaluating it for purchase. So cotton classers not only worked with cotton buyers, they would determine what the value of cotton was by the bale, on the basis of the quality of the cotton. f
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: Mr. Bartee retired at the end of th
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 and 46: COURTESV OF BESSIE D. IVY CECIL PAR
Page 47 and 48: CORNEAL DAVIS (L) AND CEClL PARTEE.
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
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six inches, into my leg. And just m
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Q: And you're still in touch with t
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A: But they said, "You can go somew
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Q: How did you get back and forth?
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just on the weekend which was a lot
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A: Well, I was there for about a ye
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old fellow told me that he's from t
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We tried to get a decision between
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63 Abraham Lincoln Hotel and we wer
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Q: That had already finished? A: No
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legislation, I think one day what I
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A: No, that was about two years bef
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A: Yes. q: Did she continue active
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Q: Was this in replacement of Mr. C
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Filipino or some man may be married
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deal of controversy about them. Q:
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well paying jobs but they had to do
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joined other organizations for the
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A: Generally just before an electio
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A: No, I don't think we had opposit
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where they paid you far two years t
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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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