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H.Con.Res. 166

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H.Con.Res.166 - Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner, and the "Freedom Summer" of 1964, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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Committee
Latest Action · July 17, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Congress
111th (2009–2011)
Introduced
July 17, 2009
Sponsor
Rep. John LewisD
Cosponsors (15)
15D 0R
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Urges: (1) the United States Postal Service (USPS) to issue a commemorative stamp honoring Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner; (2) basing the stamp on the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) poster from 1964 created by prominent Civil Rights movement photographer Danny Lyon; and (3) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend such issuance.

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