Letter to U.S. Postal Service Norton Requests USPS Create Stamp to Commemorate Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin - Norton Requests USPS Create Stamp to Commemorate Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin

Letter

Dear Members of the Committee:

I write to request that you issue a stamp commemorating the life of Bayard Rustin. I will be introducing a bill in Congress to require that this stamp be created. However, your Committee has the authority to recommend such a stamp be issued, and I request that you do so. It would be particularly fitting to begin this process in February in honor of Black History Month.

As you may know, Rustin was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Rustin worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in developing and promoting nonviolent strategies in the struggle for equality. Perhaps most importantly, he was the chief organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, D.C., a demonstration in which hundreds of thousands of people turned out in favor of expanded civil rights for African Americans, the largest demonstration ever held at the time.

Rustin also founded the A. Philip Randolph Institute for black trade union members and was a leader in the early LGBT rights movement.

I appreciate your considering this request. I am happy to provide any additional information that you may find helpful. I would appreciate your response about next steps and your process of consideration.

Sincerely,

Eleanor Holmes Norton

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