He served as executive director of the Voter Education Project as associate director of ACTION, the federal volunteer agency that oversaw the Peace Corps and VISTA and as a member of the Atlanta City Council. Lewis was the face of the Nashville Student Movement, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an original Freedom Rider, and one of the keynote speakers at the 1963 March on Washington. The recipient of more than 50 honorary degrees, he was called a “saint” by Time magazine and “the conscience of the Congress,” by his colleagues. Lewis was a staunch and unwavering believer in and advocate for nonviolent protests. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp.ĭevoted to equality and justice for all Americans, Lewis spent more than 30 years in Congress steadfastly defending and building on key civil rights gains that he helped achieve in the 1960s. The words “USA” and “Forever” appear in the stamp’s top left corner.
Lewis’s name is at the bottom of the stamp. The stamp features a photograph of Lewis taken by Marco Grob on assignment for the Aug. International Chapelĭedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to rsvp at: /johnlewis News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #JohnLewisStamp.
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The first-day-of-issue event for the John Lewis Forever stamp is free and open to the public. Postal Service will commemorate the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis (1940-2020), a key figure in some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement. JPostal Service Honors Congressman John Lewis on New Forever Stamp
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