[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 38 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 38

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 
                   1999, that such a stamp be issued.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 1999

Mr. Rush (for himself, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Payne, Mr. Evans, Mr. Ford, Mr. 
Hinchey, Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Shows, Ms. Kilpatrick, Mrs. Morella, 
 Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, Ms. Lee, Ms. Norton, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
 Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Stark, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Rangel, Mr. 
    Kucinich, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mr. Bonior) 
 submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Government Reform

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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 
                   1999, that such a stamp be issued.

Whereas April 9, 1998, was 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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