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Honoring and celebrating Philadelphia's Living Legends, Henry Nicholas, Nellie Reynolds, Madeline Dunn, John F. White, Jr., the Rev. Albert F. Campbell, Acel Moore, Audrey Johnson-Thornton, Will Daniels, Dr. Bernard E. Anderson and Emma Chappell in the areas of government, business, labor, journalism, religion, academia, athletics, and activism, as part of the commemoration of Black History Month.
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WHEREAS, Henry Nicholas, while employed as a health care worker at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, led the campaign in 1959 to organize his co-workers into what was then Local 1199 of the Drug and Hospital Employees Union and played a key role in the big 1199 strike which eventually led to union contracts for thousands of New York City hospital employees. In 1973, Mr. Nicholas arrived in Philadelphia to organize hospital workers and eventually won contracts for over 5000 employees of the City's major health care institutions. He was also a major force in the struggle to enact Act 195, the Pennsylvania Public Employee Relations Act, which for the first time gave the right to union representation to Pennsylvania hospital workers. By April of 1974, Mr. Nicholas was elected first President of the newly chartered District 1199C, the Philadelphia local of the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees; and
WHEREAS, Nellie Reynolds, Commissioner for the Philadelphia Housing Authority, served as a leader for almost 40 years in advocacy for public housing residents' rights and responsibilities. In 1969, Ms. Reynolds created the nation's first resident advisory board, made up of elected tenant leaders from sites across the City. She has been a member of the PHA board since 1984 and worked closely with former Mayor John Street on low-income housing issues; and
WHEREAS, Madeline Dunn has been a resident of West Philadelphia all of her life, as well as an outspoken community activist for over 50 years. Ms. Dunn also served as Chair of the Leg...
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