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Congress Unveils Stamp Honoring Late Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

  • Congressional leaders unveiled a new stamp honoring Rep. John Lewis, who served in the House from 1987 until his death in 2020.
  • The selvage of the stamp pane will feature a 1963 photograph of Lewis outside a nonviolent protest workshop.
  • Lewis was an original member of the Freedom Riders and coined the phrase “good trouble.”
  • The stamp bears a photo of Lewis taken by a photographer for Time Magazine in 2013.
  • The main post office facility in Atlanta will be named after Lewis in August.
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