Black History Month

 

 

This is the information of the US Postal Service website.

What is the Black Heritage Stamp Series?

The Black Heritage Stamp Series is a collection of stamps commemorating the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans throughout American history. Their acclaimed societal, political, and cultural undertakings are highlighted and extolled through this series.

Additional facts about the Black Heritage series:

• The Black Heritage stamp series is one of the most popular of the Postal Service's U.S. commemorative stamp series. As a result of customer request for the stamps, the Postal Service recently began producing a greater quantity.
• It is not the policy of the Postal Service to destroy stamps while they are still available for sale. Generally, commemorative stamps are available for sale for a year after they are issued.
• The Black Heritage series began in 1978 with a stamp honoring American abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Each fall, the honoree for the following year is announced.

Please click one of the individual’s name listed below to see the stamp’s information. Click on TOP to quickly go back to the top of the page.

Harriet Tubman	Dr. Martin Luther King Jr	Benjamin Banneker	Whitney Moore Young Jr	Jackie Robinson
Scott Joplin	Carter G. Woodson	Mary McLeod Bethune	Sojourner Truth	Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable
James Weldon Johnson	A. Phillip Randolph	Ida B. Wells	Jan E. Matzeliger	W.E.B. DuBois
Percy Lavon Julian	Dr. Allison Davis	Bessie Coleman	Ernest E. Just	Benjamin O. Davis Sr
Madam C. J. Walker	Malcolm X	Patricia Roberts Harris	Roy Wilkins	Langston Hughes
Thurgood Marshall	Paul Robeson	Marian Anderson	Hattie McDaniel	Ella Fitzgerald
Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Harriet Tubman Born a slave, abolitionist Harriet Tubman was the first African-American woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp. She was a conductor for the famed Underground Railroad, which helped many slaves escape to freedom before and during the Civil War. The 13-cent stamp was issued February 1, 1978 and a 32-cent stamp was also issued on June 29, 1995. 13-cent stamp - 1st stamp in the Black Heritage Series. TOP

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most powerful and popular leader of the African-American protest movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He spearheaded mass action through marches, sit-ins, boycotts, and nonviolent demonstrations that profoundly and positively affected America's attitudes toward racial prejudice and discrimination. In 1963, he became the first African American honored as TIME magazine