These are low resolution depictions of postage stamps released to the public in 2005. The stamps each commemorate an event with a piece of art by a different artist:

1948 Executive Order 9981 is represented by Training for War, a silk-screen print made circa 1941 by William H. Johnson. 1954 Brown v. Board of Education is represented with the 1984 lithograph, The Lamp, by Romare Bearden. 1955 Bus Boycott is represented by Walking, a 1958 painting by Charles Alston. 1957 Little Rock Nine is represented by the 1997 painting America Cares, by George Hunt. 1960 Lunch Counter Sit-Ins is a picture of a 3D exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum by StudioEIS. 1961 Freedom Riders is a 1963 gouache called Freedom Riders, by May Stevens. 1963 March on Washington is represented by a 1964 painting of the same name, by Alma Thomas. 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 is illustrated by Dixie Café, a 1948 brush-and-ink drawing by Jacob Lawrence. 1965 Selma March is represented by Selma March, a 1991 acrylic painting by Bernice Sims.

1965 Votings Rights Act is represented by a 1965 photograph called Youths on the Selma March, by Bruce Davidson. -

United States Postal Service postage stamp panel, February 2005, Black History Month: To Form a More Perfect Union. Publicity Kit.

Description: Ten key milestones of the United States Civil Rights Movement are depicted on this panel of stamps: the 1948 Executive Order 9981 - the executive order President Harry S. Truman put in place to end segregation in the military; 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision asserting Separate is not Equal in public education; 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott demanding the desegregation of public transportation; 1957 Little Rock Nine, the nine courageous students to first desegregate Little Rock Central High School; 1960 Lunch Counter Sit- Ins to desegregate restaurants; 1961 Freedom Riders helping register black citizens to vote; 1963 March on Washington of more than 250,000 people calling for racial justice; the Civil Rights Act of 1964; 1965 Selma March demanding an end to discrimination; and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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