Congressional leaders will unveil a new stamp honoring the late Rep. John Lewis.
. The selvage, or a stamp pane's margin, will feature a 1963 photograph taken by Steve Schapiro of Lewis outside a nonviolent protest workshop.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and Lewis' son, John-Miles Lewis, are expected to speak at the unveiling program.on July 17, 2020, months after being diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The civil rights icon was sometimes called the"conscience of Congress" and was a longtime proponent of peaceful protests.
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