[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 260 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 260

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
 should be issued honoring Paul Leroy Robeson, and that the Citizens' 
Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General in 
   1998, during which occurs the 100th anniversary of Paul Robeson's 
                  birth, that such a stamp be issued.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1998

    Mr. Rush (for himself and Mr. Pallone) submitted the following 
     concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Government Reform and Oversight

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
 should be issued honoring Paul Leroy Robeson, and that the Citizens' 
Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General in 
   1998, during which occurs the 100th anniversary of Paul Robeson's 
                  birth, that such a stamp be issued.

Whereas April 9, 1998, is the centennial of the birth of Paul Leroy Robeson;
Whereas Paul Leroy Robeson lost his mother, Anna, in a household fire, and was 
        reared in humble circumstances as 1 of 5 children in a single-parent 
        household by his father, William Drew Robeson, a Presbyterian minister, 
        who graduated from Lincoln University;
Whereas despite difficult circumstances, as a child, Paul Leroy Robeson showed 
        significant promise as an honor student, thespian, and athlete;
Whereas Paul Leroy Robeson graduated from Rutgers University in 1919, with 
        letters in basketball, baseball, discus, shot put, football, and 
        javelin, and, more importantly, was a member of both the Phi Beta Kappa 
        and Cap and Skull honor societies at Rutgers University;
Whereas Paul Leroy Robeson graduated from Columbia Law School in 1923, but found 
        the legal profession so resistant to African-American lawyers that he 
        embarked on a career in the theater and arts which brought him world 
        renown; and
Whereas Paul Leroy Robeson became an advocate for the rights of African-
        Americans and other oppressed people, and in so doing sacrificed his 
        career as a world-renowned actor and singer: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That it is the sense of the Congress that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service honoring Paul Leroy Robeson; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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