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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. CON. RES. 49 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service 

should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the Reverend 

Doctor Leon Sullivan and that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 

should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be 

issued. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania submitted the following concurrent resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States 

Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage 

stamp honoring the Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan and 

that the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp 

be issued. 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Leon Sullivan impacted millions of 

people throughout the world, particularly throughout the 

United States and in Africa, by advocating self-help principles of empowerment, community development, and selfreliance; 

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gram providing training and retraining on a massive 

scale; 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded Opportunities 

Industrialization Centers International (‘‘OICI’’) and the 

International Foundation for Education and Self-Help 

(‘‘IFESH’’); 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan made a substantial impact on the lives of the people in Africa through the actions of OICI and IFESH; 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan founded the Progress Investment Associates (‘‘PIA’’) and the Zion Nonprofit 

Charitable Trust (‘‘ZNCT’’), which was established to 

fund housing, shopping, human services, educational, and 

other nonprofit ventures for inner-city dwellers; 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established inner-city retirement and assisted living complexes for the elderly and 

disabled in Philadelphia and other cities throughout the 

United States, named Opportunities Towers; 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan was able, as the first African-American member on the board of General Motors 

Corporation, to secure the support of the other board 

members to back him in the development of the unprecedented Global Sullivan Principles, a code of conduct written in 1977, for American businesses operating in South 

Africa; 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan has been the recipient of 

the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Notre Dame 

Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award, the 

NAACP Spingarn Award, the Kappa Alpha Psi Laurel 

Wreath, and more than 50 doctoral degrees; 


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Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan economically empowered 

individuals and combated poverty wherever he implemented programs; 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the African– 

African-American summits to bring together the leaders 

of Africa and America and other countries; and 

Whereas the Reverend Dr. Sullivan established the Global 

Sullivan Principles (for Corporate Social Responsibility) 

in the late 1990s to apply the same type of principles for 

countries and businesses throughout the world: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

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

3 (1) the United States Postal Service should 

4 issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring the 

5 Reverend Doctor Leon Sullivan; and 

6 (2) the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee 

7 should recommend to the Postmaster General that 

8 such stamp be issued. 

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