{"id":526488,"date":"2022-12-14T02:26:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/u-s-postage-stamp-to-honor-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T02:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:26:37","slug":"u-s-postage-stamp-to-honor-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-postage-stamp-to-honor-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"#U.S. postage stamp to honor civil rights icon John Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a903604da\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a903604da\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-postage-stamp-to-honor-civil-rights-icon-john-lewis\/#US_postage_stamp_to_honor_civil_rights_icon_John_Lewis\" >U.S. postage stamp to honor civil rights icon John Lewis<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_postage_stamp_to_honor_civil_rights_icon_John_Lewis\"><\/span>U.S. postage stamp to honor civil rights icon John Lewis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>The late congressman and civil rights giant John Lewis will be honored with a postage stamp in 2023, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/newsroom\/national-releases\/2022\/1213-usps-reveals-additional-stamps-for-2023.htm\" data-ylk=\"slk:the U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">the U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The design for the stamp uses a photograph taken by Marco Grob for a 2013 issue of Time magazine. Lewis, then 73, wears a dark suit and blue tie and looks directly into the camera.<\/p>\n<p>A 1963 picture of Lewis at a workshop on nonviolent protest in Clarksdale, Mississippi, taken by Steve Schapiro, is planned for the margin of the printed stamp sheets.<\/p>\n<p>The Postal Service said the stamp \u201ccelebrates the life and legacy\u201d of Lewis, who <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/john-lewis-us-news-ap-top-news-mitch-mcconnell-immigration-89dac7a5b1e404e49b58bef127186759\" data-ylk=\"slk:died at age 80 in 2020 from pancreatic cancer\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">died at age 80 in 2020 from pancreatic cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in the face of hatred and violence, as well as some 45 arrests, Lewis remained resolute in his commitment to what he liked to call \u2018good trouble,\u2019\u201d the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis\u2019 bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in Selma in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation. By that time he was a major leader in the Civil Rights Movement, having helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and spoken at the March on Washington just before Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis went on to be elected to the Atlanta City Council and then to a long career in Congress, where he was frequently hailed as a moral leader.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sen. John Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat and onetime intern for Lewis, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-leading-push-to-commemorate-congressman-john-lewis-life-with-new-postal-stamp\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote to the Citizens\u2019 Stamp Advisory Committee last year\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">wrote to the Citizens\u2019 Stamp Advisory Committee last year<\/a> requesting the stamp.<\/p>\n<p>Other stamps announced Tuesday include ones honoring the Florida Everglades, skateboard art and children&#8217;s book author and illustrator Tomie dePaola.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The design for the stamp uses a photograph taken by Marco Grob for a 2013 issue of Time magazine. 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