Not a bad resume

The First African American in Illinois to become:

Illinois Attorney General 1991-95
Illinois State Comptroller 1979-91
Vice President of Continental Illinois National Bank 1964-73
National Bank Examiner U.S. Treasury Dept.
(First Black in the Nation) 1963-64
President of the National Association of State Comptrollers 1981-82
President of the National Association of State Comptrollers and Treasurers 1985-86
SIU Exchange Student to University of Germany 1959-60

Also
National Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of 'Operation Push' 1977-78
Director Dept. of General Services State of Illinois (Governor's Cabinet) 1973-77
Board of Directors Illinois CPA Society
(First Non-CPA Member) 2000

You write the caption: Roland Burris' tombstone

No joke.