To Form A More Perfect Union Full Set

Description

The US Postal Service (USPS) issued a souvenir sheet of 37-cent To Form a More Perfect Union stamps in ten designs, on August 30, 2005, in the following locations: Greensboro, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennesse; Montgomery, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; Topeka, Kansas; Washington, DC. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland designed the stamps.This issue recognizes the courage and achievements of the men and women who fought for equal rights during the years of the Civil Rights movement. The issue presents an artistic representation of several pivotal events from the 1948 Executive Order ending segregation in the military to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Stamp designer Ethel Kessler used details from contemporary artworks to comment on all of the ten historical events commemorated on this souvenir sheet.

Smithsonian  Museum

 

1948 Executive Order 9981

1954 Brown v. Board of Education

1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott

1957 Little Rock Nine

1960 Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

1961 Freedom Riders

1963 March On Washington

1964 Civil Rights Act

1965 Voting Rights Act

1965 Selma March