John Lewis to be honored on US postage stamp next year

The late civil rights trailblazer and congressman John Lewis shall be honored on a brand new postage stamp in 2023, the US Postal Service introduced Tuesday.

The Georgia Democrat, who devoted his life to activism and spent greater than three a long time in Congress preventing for civil rights, shall be featured on a stamp utilizing {a photograph} taken for a 2013 situation of Time journal, USPS stated in an announcement. The {photograph} was taken by Marco Grob.

A follower and colleague of Martin Luther King Jr., Lewis participated in lunch counter sit-ins, joined the Freedom Riders in difficult segregated buses and, at 23, was a keynote speaker on the historic 1963 March on Washington.

“Even within the face of hatred and violence, in addition to some 45 arrests, Lewis remained resolute in his dedication to what he appreciated to name ‘good hassle,’” the USPS announcement stated.

Lewis was extensively seen as an ethical conscience of Congress due to his nonviolent combat for civil rights. His demise in 2020 after a battle with pancreatic most cancers prompted an outpouring of tributes from politicians, world leaders and former presidents.

Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, a Democrat who launched and handed a decision honoring the lifetime of Lewis, has voiced assist for commemorating him with a stamp.

“Congressman Lewis was an American hero, civil rights icon, and revered citizen of Georgia, absolutely deserving of this honor,” Ossoff stated in an announcement final 12 months.

CNN beforehand reported in October that the late Supreme Court docket Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who additionally died in 2020, shall be honored in 2023 as nicely. The USPS has but to announce when the stamps shall be launched subsequent 12 months.