Category: Virtual Museum
Here are a few pictures from our time with Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. on 3/30/19
Marvin Gaye Stamp Unveiling Ceremony
We had an opportunity to attend the Marvin Gaye stamp ceremony at the Greek Theatre, Tuesday, April 2 in Los Angeles. There were about 3000 attendees. It seemed that many were music lovers versus stamp collectors but needless to say the USPS was very busy and did a great job accommodating the crowd. Marvin Gaye
» Read moreMarch 2019 Activities
March 9 – Youth Symposium with the Ladies of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. – Pop-Up Exhibit – Illinois March 15 – Visiting Every Child’s Hope – Pop-up Exhibit – Missouri March 30 – Celebrating African American Women on Stamps with the Ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. – Illinois
» Read morePop-Up Exhibit – Edwardsville Library – 2/17/2019
If time permits join us today at the Edwardville Library from 2:00pm-4:00pm 112 S Kansas, Edwardsville, IL Giveaways – Raffles – Refreshments and of course a Pop-Up mini museum.
» Read moreMarian Anderson: A Voice of a Lifetime
Calvin Mitchell wrote an excellent tribute to Marian Anderson. He states, “Marian Anderson—one of the greatest concert and classical singers of the twentieth century—was honored on a stamp issued by the United States Postal Service on January 27, 2005. She was the first female singer and the eighth woman to be honored in the Black Heritage Stamp Series issued annually
» Read moreBlack History Month Facts
1963 – More than 200,000 people march on Washington, D. C., in the largest civil-rights demonstration in U. S. history; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech. 1963 – Four young Black girls are killed in the bombing of a Birmingham, AL church. 1964 – President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964, giving government
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1955 – Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, AL leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 1957 – Little Rock Nine integrate Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas. 1960 – Four Black student stage famous sit-in at a whites-only Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, NC. 1961 – Freedom rides
» Read moreElla Fitzgerald
Heritage Highlights – Week of January 20
Week of January 20 1/20/1992 – President Bush declares M. L. King, Jr. birthday national holiday. 1/21/1824 – Osai Tutu Kwamina defeated British at Assamaka, Ashanti. 1/22/1793 – Benjamin Banneker helped plan Washington, DC. 1/23/1977 – First ABC-TV showing of “Roots”. 1/24/1991 – Aids recognized as major health threat to African Americans 1/25/1966 – Constance B. Motley appointed federal judge,
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