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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 108 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp 

should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2007 

Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. MEEK of Florida, Mr. 

HOLDEN, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. CARDOZA, Mrs. MALONEY of New 

York, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. 

BERMAN, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. CARSON, Mr. BOYD of Florida, 

Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. 

REYES, Mr. WYNN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. 

JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. RANGEL, 

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. KILPATRICK, Mr. 

WOLF, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, 

Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

SCOTT of Virginia, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, 

Mr. SOUDER, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of 

Florida, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. UPTON, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Ms. BEAN, 

and Mr. KUHL of New York) submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative 

postage stamp should be issued honoring Rosa Louise 

McCauley Parks. 


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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 the U.S. 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’ 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 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that— 


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1 (1) a commemorative postage stamp should be 

2 issued by the United States Postal Service honoring 

3 Rosa Louise McCauley Parks; 

4 (2) the provision requiring that an honoree 

5 must have died at least 10 years before this honor 

6 can be bestowed upon them, excepting U.S. presi7 dents, should be waived; and 

8 (3) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 

9 should recommend to the Postmaster General that 

10 such a stamp be issued. 

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