[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1399 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1399

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal 
 Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams 
                                Earley.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2024

Mrs. Beatty (for herself, Mr. Turner, Ms. Brown, Mr. Carey, Mr. Carter 
     of Louisiana, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Leger 
 Fernandez, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Frost, Mr. 
Garamendi, Mr. Horsford, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Kelly 
   of Illinois, Mrs. McBath, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. 
    Neguse, Ms. Plaskett, Mrs. Ramirez, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Thompson of 
 Mississippi, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Wenstrup, and Ms. Williams of Georgia) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                    on Oversight and Accountability

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal 
 Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams 
                                Earley.

Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley became the first Black officer 
        in the United States Army's Women's Army Corps (WAC), persevering 
        through the Army's segregated environment and ultimately leading the 3d 
        Company, 3d Training Regiment, made up of 2 White platoons and 1 Black 
        platoon;
Whereas Charity Adams Earley was born on December 5, 1918, in Kittrell, North 
        Carolina, and grew up in a family of educators, her father was a 
        minister and her mother was a former school teacher;
Whereas, after graduating high school 2 years early as valedictorian of her 
        class, Adams chose to attend Wilberforce University, a historically 
        Black school in Ohio, where she majored in mathematics, physics, and 
        Latin;
Whereas, during her college tenure, she was a member of the National Association 
        for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Women's Self-
        Government Association, and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority;
Whereas Adams obtained her bachelor's degree in 1938, and taught math and 
        science to junior high school students for the next 4 years while taking 
        summer classes at the Ohio State University in pursuit of a master's 
        degree in psychology;
Whereas, in 1942, Adams applied for entry into the WAC and reported for training 
        at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where she experienced the Army's policies of 
        segregation, White and Black candidates were separated and sent to 
        different living units;
Whereas, in 1943, Adams was promoted to Major, making her the highest ranking 
        female officer at Fort Des Moines and one of the highest ranking WAC 
        officers in the Nation;
Whereas, in 1944, Adams was given command of the 6888th Central Postal Directory 
        Battalion, stationed in Birmingham, England, where she led the first 
        Black WAC unit overseas;
Whereas Adams' unit was tasked with organizing and sorting mail for delivery to 
        the United States soldiers in the European Theater and given just 6 
        months to clear large backlogs of mail, and the unit completed the job 
        in half of the time;
Whereas, for her service, Adams was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, the highest 
        possible rank for a soldier in the WAC;
Whereas, after the end of World War II, Adams went on to finish her studies at 
        Ohio State University, completing her master's degree in vocational 
        psychology;
Whereas Adams married Stanley A. Earley, Jr., in 1949, and the couple raised 
        their 2 children in Dayton, Ohio;
Whereas, in 1982, Adams Earley became the founder of the Black Leadership 
        Development Program which focused on teaching young African Americans to 
        be leaders in their communities;
Whereas, on January 13, 2002, at the age of 83, Mrs. Charity Adams Earley passed 
        away in Dayton, Ohio;
Whereas Adams Earley has been recognized by the National Postal Museum, the 
        National Women's History Museum, the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, the 
        Smithsonian Institution, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and many 
        others for her dedicated service to the country and work on promoting 
        opportunities for Black Americans;
Whereas, on March 14, 2022, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the 
        members of the WAC assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory 
        Battalion, including posthumously to their commander, Charity Adams 
        Earley;
Whereas, on April 27, 2023, Fort Lee, Virginia, was officially renamed Fort 
        Gregg-Adams in honor of Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity 
        Adams;
Whereas, on June 12, 2024, the Dayton, Ohio, VA Medical Center officially 
        renamed its women's clinic the ``Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley 
        Women's Clinic''; and
Whereas issuing a postage stamp to honor Charity Adams Earley is fitting and 
        proper: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a postage 
        stamp honoring Charity Adams Earley; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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