[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 44 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 44

  Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
         should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2007

   Mr. Obama (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kerry, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
Alexander, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Levin, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Lieberman, 
    Mr. Reid, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Bingaman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Dodd, Ms. 
  Landrieu, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Brown, Mr. Voinovich, Ms. 
Mikulski, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following concurrent resolution; 
     which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  Expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 
         should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.

Whereas Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on 
        February 4, 1913, and died on October 25, 2005;
Whereas Rosa Parks was an African American civil rights activist and seamstress 
        whom Congress dubbed the ``Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights 
        Movement'';
Whereas Rosa Parks refused on December 1, 1955, to obey bus driver James Blake's 
        demand that she relinquish her seat to a white man and her subsequent 
        arrest and trial for this act of civil disobedience triggered the 
        Montgomery Bus Boycott, one of the largest and most successful mass 
        movements against racial segregation in history, and launched Martin 
        Luther King, Jr., one of the organizers of the boycott, to the forefront 
        of the civil rights movement;
Whereas Rosa Parks's role in American history earned her an iconic status in 
        American culture, and her actions have left an enduring legacy for civil 
        rights movements around the world;
Whereas through her role in sparking the boycott, Rosa Parks played an important 
        part in internationalizing the awareness of the plight of African 
        Americans and the civil rights struggle; and
Whereas Rosa Parks epitomized the struggle of everyday people trying to make a 
        difference, as she took a stand against injustice and inequality: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That it is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be issued by the 
        United States Postal Service honoring Rosa Louise McCauley 
        Parks;
            (2) the provision requiring that an honoree must have died 
        at least 5 years before this honor can be bestowed upon them, 
        excepting Presidents of the United States, should be waived; 
        and
            (3) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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