,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aecg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjai,ms4 
,norton introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
direct the ,postmaster ,general to issue
 a forever stamp depicting ,bayard      
,rustin1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,bayard ,rustin ,stamp ,act4  #b4   
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,bayard ,rustin was born on      
,march #ag1 #aiab1 and was raised by his
 grandparents in ,west ,chester1        
,pennsylvania4 ,from a young age1       
,rustin learned to prioritize the values
 of nonviolence and peacekeeping from   
his grandparents' ,quaker faith1 and    
would continue to build these values in 
his life as a civil rights movement     
leader4  7#b7 ,rustin attended ,city    
,college of ,new ,york1 where he joined 
a progressive club that aimed to remedy 
racial issues during turbulent times4   

,his time with the club was short lived1
 but it inspired him to join the        
,fellowship of ,reconciliation1 an      
organization that became a champion for 
labor rights1 equality1 and world peace4
  7#c7 ,his time with the ,fellowship of
 ,reconciliation prompted ,rustin to    
become a leader in the #aidg ,journey to
 ,reconciliation1 an event where ,white 
and ,black people across the ,south rode
 buses together to challenge segregation
 laws1 a precursor to the ,freedom      
,rides4  7#d7 ,rustin was an advisor in 
,martin ,luther ,king1 ,jr4's inner     
circle as he advocated pacifism and     
nonviolence for achieving equal         
treatment for ,african ,americans4  7#e7
 ,rustin used his brilliant strategic   
handling of the use of aggressive1      
peaceful action in the civil rights     
movement and throughout his life as an  
activist4  7#f7 ,his most important role
 was as the chief organizer of the #aifc
 ,march on ,washington1 ,,dc1 the       
largest demonstration ever organized at 

the time1 in which a quarter of a       
million people turned out to demand     
civil rights for ,african ,americans4   
7#g7 ,in the years after the civil      
rights movement1 ,rustin used his       
background as a gay man to inspire      
others to advocate for and to achieve   
,,lgbt rights4  7#h7 ,rustin remained a 
strategist and public speaker for       
workers' rights movements1 including    
co-founding the ,a4 ,philip ,randolph   
,institute for ,black trade union       
members4  7#i7 ,rustin committed to     
promoting social good and advocating for
 the disenfranchised until his death in 
#aihg4  #c4 ,bayard ,rustin stamp  7a7  
,in general ,in order to honor the life 
and work of ,bayard ,rustin1 a leader in
 the civil rights movement1 the         
,postmaster ,general shall provide for  
the issuance of a forever stamp suitable
 for that purpose that depicts ,bayard  
,rustin4  7b7 ,definition of definitive 
stamp ,for the purposes of this ,act1   
the term forever stamp means a          

definitive stamp that-- 7#a7 meets the  
postage required for first-class mail up
 to one ounce in weight2 and  7#b7      
retains full validity for that purpose  
even if the rate of that postage is     
later increased4  7c7 ,effective date   
,the stamp described in subsection 7a7  
shall be issued as soon as practicable  
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4