Post Office Notes

by Christine A. Gilliar-Feller

U.S. Postal Service honors the late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis with a stamp

July 21, John Lewis. One (63¢) forever commemorative stamp, pane of 15; Atlanta, GA 30304. Civil rights giant and former U.S. Rep. John Lewis, who spent decades fighting for racial justice, will be honored with a postage stamp..

In a Tuesday announcement, the U.S. Postal Service said the stamp “celebrates the life and legacy” of the leader from Georgia, who risked his life protesting against segregation and other injustices in the violent Jim Crow-era South.

OBITUARIES Civil Rights Leader John Lewis Never Gave Up Or Gave In

“Lewis spent more than 30 years in Congress steadfastly defending and building on key civil rights gains that he had helped achieve in the 1960s. Even in the face of hatred and violence, as

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