[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 427 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 427

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
         should be issued in honor of Charles Hamilton Houston.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2004

  Ms. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Scott of 
 Georgia, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Berman, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
  Frost, Mr. Capuano, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. 
 Kucinich, Mr. Rahall, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Owens, Mr. Honda, Mr. Hoyer, 
 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mr. Watt, and 
 Mr. Sanders) 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 in honor of Charles Hamilton Houston.

Whereas Charles Hamilton Houston was the first African American to earn a Doctor 
        of Juridical Science degree from Harvard University and the first 
        African American to serve as editor of the Harvard Law Review;
Whereas Charles Hamilton Houston, while serving as vice dean of Howard Law 
        School, made that institution a training ground for African American 
        lawyers to challenge segregation through the legal system;
Whereas Charles Hamilton Houston was the mentor, law professor, and one-time 
        supervising attorney of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, 
        and, according to the late Justice Marshall, ``laid the groundwork'' for 
        the 14th amendment equal protection cases establishing the 
        unconstitutionality of racial segregation and discrimination;
Whereas Charles Hamilton Houston served as the first full-time paid special 
        counsel to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored 
        People, in which capacity he crafted the strategy for ending segregation 
        in schools and successfully argued precedent-setting cases;
Whereas Charles Hamilton Houston has been honored with the naming of awards, 
        medallions, symposia, public schools, professional organizations, and 
        other voluntary associations by citizens of the District of Columbia, 
        California, the Commonwealths of Virginia and Massachusetts; faculty, 
        students, and alumni of Amherst College, Harvard Law School, and Howard 
        Law School; and national and local bar associations across the length 
        and breadth of this Nation;
Whereas Charles Hamilton Houston dedicated his life to achieving justice and 
        putting an end to racial segregation; and
Whereas Charles Hamilton Houston was one of the architects of the civil rights 
        movement: 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 in honor of Charles Hamilton 
        Houston; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a postage stamp be issued.
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