DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NORTON AND TORRES INTRODUCE BILL TO CREATE STAMP TO COMMEMORATE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER BAYARD RUSTIN

Washington, Feb. 9 -- Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton issued the following press release:

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) and Congressman Ritchie Torres (D-NY) introduced a bill today to create a stamp commemorating civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. Norton said the timing of the bill's introduction is significant, coming during Black History Month.

"Bayard Rustin, whose leadership deserves special recognition by our country, was a central figure in the civil rights movement," Norton said. "I worked for him when he served as the principal organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. Rustin demonstrated how his lifelong commitment to nonviolence could be put into action, orchestrating the largest demonstration in U.S. history...