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I want the whole nation to look at Illinois. I want the whole nation to ask, 'Why is Illinois racist?
Black leaders urge Chicago school boycott Sep 01, 2008

James T. Meeks (born 4 August 1956) is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 15th district since 2003. He is also an active Baptist minister in Chicago and chairs the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus. He is reputedly interested in running for Mayor of Chicago in the 2011 election along with fellow Democrats Danny K. Davis and Rahm Emanuel, among many others, now that Mayor Daley- who has not explicitly endorsed anyone yet- is retiring from politics to be with his family.

Meeks is a graduate of Harper High School in Chicago and continued his education at Bishop College in Dallas, Texas where he earned a degree in Religion and Philosophy.

Since 1985, Meeks has been the pastor of Salem Baptist Church of Chicago where the congregation has grown from 200 to 24,000 followers during his tenure. The church has two locations devoted to worship; the 'Old' Salem Baptist Church, built between 1912 and 1913 is a former Roman Catholic Church that is one of Chicago's historic Polish Cathedrals designed by Erhard Brielamier & Sons, while the 'New' Salem Baptist Church is known as the House of Hope and was completed in 2005.

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