Congress and Postal Service unveil stamp honoring John Lewis
Congress and Postal Service unveil stamp honoring John Lewis
The congressman and prominent civil rights leader died in 2020.
House leaders and the head of the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new stamp Wednesday honoring the late Rep. John Lewis.
The stamp design features a 2013 photograph of the Georgia Democrat taken by Marco Grob for Time magazine, according to a Postal Service news release. The selvage, or a stamp pane's margin, will feature a 1963 photograph taken by Steve Schapiro of Lewis outside a nonviolent protest workshop.
Here is the stamp.
Really? Not exactly his best photo.
I look forward to the postal service honoring a time when Louis DeJoy has been removed from office.
Not the best design for a stamp, but its nice to see him recognized. I highly recommend the March graphic novel (its sold either as a single book or three separate volumes), which he helped write. It's a very good overview of the civil rights movement, and touches on some of the things that are usually skipped.