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Ray Charles Forever postage stamp *The late great entertainer extraordinaire Ray Charles will be honored with a Ray Charles Forever postage stamp on Monday September 23rd which would have been his 83rd birthday. As part of its Music Icons Forever series, the U.S. Postal Service will be unveiling the stamp hosted by the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. Charles’ daughter Raenee […]

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Jackson Davis V, a twelve-year-old boy with an adventurous spirit and inquisitive mind is running a campaign to post the face of York, Lewis and Clark’s African-American enslaved manservant, on a postage stamp. In February of 2011, Davis’s class at Lowell Elementary School was assigned to do a report on the Lewis and Clark expedition. […]

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Jackson Davis V, a twelve-year-old boy with an adventurous spirit and inquisitive mind is running a campaign to post the face of York, Lewis and Clark’s African-American enslaved manservant, on a postage stamp. In February of 2011, Davis’s class at Lowell Elementary School was assigned to do a report on the Lewis and Clark expedition. […]

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Two of the best black magazines ever produced from the African American perspective are Ebony and Jet.  The mastermind and patriarch of the family business died in 2005.  In 1982, he was the first African American businessman to grace the cover of Forbe’s magazine as one of the world’s most wealthiest people.  He received numerous honors, including the 1972 Publisher of the […]

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Two of the best black magazines ever produced from the African American perspective are Ebony and Jet.  The mastermind and patriarch of the family business died in 2005.  In 1982, he was the first African American businessman to grace the cover of Forbe’s magazine as one of the world’s most wealthiest people.  He received numerous honors, including the 1972 Publisher of the […]