Prominent Journalists | Stamps | African Americans
Read about Ida B. Wells and Ethel L. Payne https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/the-black-experience/prominent-journalists
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Keeper of the Past and Promise of our People
Read about Ida B. Wells and Ethel L. Payne https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/the-black-experience/prominent-journalists
» Read moreJackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier in 1947, had a 10-year all-star career, became the first African-American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and had his number 42 retired by Major League Baseball in 1997. More important than his accomplishments in baseball are his contributions to racial equality in the United States, of which his many
» Read moreLike so many others we started off with online presentations to stay in touch with our philately phriends and expanded our reach to support other cultural organizations. February 22-23 – We participated as an advocate at the Museum Advocacy Days events and had the opportunity to join congressional members to voice our support for funding. February 23 – We gave
» Read moreVisit https://www.esperstamps.org/john-lewis for more information John Robert Lewis was known as the “conscience of the U.S. Congress.” John was the son of sharecroppers, born in Troy, Alabama, in 1940. As a young boy, he knew that he was going to get in “good trouble.” It was a large part of his character. He knew that he had to make a
» Read moreAugust Wilson – Click link for more info https://www.esperstamps.org/august-wilson-page The Forever stamp will be part of the USPS’s Black Heritage series, honoring people whose work contributed to arts and culture in the Black community. Wilson’s stamp will be the 44th in the series. The stamp will be dedicated on January 28, 2021, during a ceremony that will be streamed on Facebook and
» Read more“Growing out of a small-town school event in California, Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture, and society. “In 1987, the National Women’s History Project petitioned Congress to expand the national celebration to the entire month of March. Since then, the National Women’s History Month Resolution has been approved with bipartisan support in both the
» Read moreMr. Severe accumulated a collection of over 50,000 first day covers. He has donated to several cultural organizations over the years. We are thankful for being selected for a gift. We donated uncancelled post cards and pencils to a group organizing a Black History Month event.
» Read moreIf you have a moment you can vote at aps.buzz/APSChattys The American Philatelic Society (APS – www.stamps.org ) nominated us for a Chatty Award to recognize our presentation on African Americans on Stamps on an APS Stamp Chat during 2020. #RecognitionAppreciated #RepresentationMatters #InternationallyKnown
» Read moreThis first day cover is one of 3 created by John Colasanti highlighting the new Kwanzaa stamp – Beautiful
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