H.Res. 1077

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1077 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1077

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' 
Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal 
Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams 
Earley.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2026

Mrs. Beatty (for herself, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Ms. Brown, Mr. Carey, Mr. 
Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Carson, Mr. Davis of 
Illinois, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Mfume, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Neguse, Ms. 
Norton, Ms. Sewell, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. 
Veasey, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. Ross) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform

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RESOLUTION

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' 
Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal 
Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of Charity Adams 
Earley.

Whereas Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley became the first Black officer 
in the United States Army's Women's Army Corps (WAC), persevering 
through the Army's segregated environment and ultimately leading the 3d 
Company, 3d Training Regiment, made up of 2 White platoons and 1 Black 
platoon;
Whereas Charity Adams Earley was born on December 5, 1918, in Kittrell, North 
Carolina, and grew up in a family of educators, her father was a 
minister and her mother was a former school teacher;
Whereas, after graduating high school 2 years early as valedictorian of her 
class, Adams chose to attend Wilberforce University, a historically 
Black school in Ohio, where she majored in mathematics, physics, and 
Latin;
Whereas, during her college tenure, she was a member of the National Association 
for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the Women's Self-
Government Association, and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority;
Whereas Adams obtained her bachelor's degree in 1938, and taught math and 
science to junior high school students for the next 4 years while taking 
summer classes at the Ohio State University in pursuit of a master's 
degree in psychology;
Whereas, in 1942, Adams applied for entry into the WAC and reported for training 
at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, where she experienced the Army's policies of 
segregation, White and Black candidates were separated and sent to 
different living units;
Whereas, in 1943, Adams was promoted to Major, making her the highest ranking 
female officer at Fort Des Moines and one of the highest ranking WAC 
officers in the Nation;
Whereas, in 1944, Adams was given command of the 6888th Central Postal Directory 
Battalion, stationed in Birmingham, England, where she led the first 
Black WAC unit overseas;
Whereas Adams' unit was tasked with organizing and sorting mail for delivery to 
the United States soldiers in the European Theater and given just 6 
months to clear large backlogs of mail, and the unit completed the job 
in half of the time;
Whereas, for her service, Adams was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, the highest 
possible rank for a soldier in the WAC;
Whereas, after the end of World War II, Adams went on to finish her studies at 
Ohio State University, completing her master's degree in vocational 
psychology;
Whereas Adams married Stanley A. Earley, Jr., in 1949, and the couple raised 
their 2 children in Dayton, Ohio;
Whereas, in 1982, Adams Earley became the founder of the Black Leadership 
Development Program which focused on teaching young African-Americans to 
be leaders in their communities;
Whereas, on January 13, 2002, at the age of 83, Mrs. Charity Adams Earley passed 
away in Dayton, Ohio;
Whereas Adams Earley has been recognized by the National Postal Museum, the 
National Women's History Museum, the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame, the 
Smithsonian Institution, the South Carolina Black Hall of Fame, and many 
others for her dedicated service to the country and work on promoting 
opportunities for Black Americans;
Whereas, on March 14, 2022, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the 
members of the WAC assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory 
Battalion, including posthumously to their commander, Charity Adams 
Earley;
Whereas, on April 27, 2023, Fort Lee, Virginia, was officially renamed Fort 
Gregg-Adams in honor of Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity 
Adams;
Whereas, on June 12, 2024, the Dayton, Ohio, VA Medical Center officially 
renamed its women's clinic the ``Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley 
Women's Clinic''; and
Whereas issuing a postage stamp to honor Charity Adams Earley is fitting and 
proper: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
(1) the United States Postal Service should issue a postage 
stamp honoring Charity Adams Earley; and
(2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
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