via click2houston: The U.S. Postal Service is honoring entertainer Gregory Hines with a Black Heritage Series stamp. Acting chief postal inspector Gary Barksdale is hosting the first day of issue ceremony Monday at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York. Hines, who was known for his unique style of tap dancing, won a Tony Award in 1992 […]
via FirstLadyB: Just in time for Black History Month, the USPS has released the Lena Horne stamp. The United States Postal Service (USPS) is celebrating the life and legacy of Lena Horne. She has been chosen as the 41st honoree in the Black Heritage stamp series. The stamp is available in post offices across the country and online in time for February, […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: The National Museum of African American History and Culture will finally appear on a stamp beginning next month following a postponement by the US Postal Service. The “Celebrating African American History and Culture Forever stamp,” part of the US Postal Services Forever series, recognizes the richness of Black history and its intrinsic connection […]
A forever stamp will be issued Feb. 2 to commemorate Richard Allen (1760-1831), an important figure in the United States abolitionist movement and the founder and first bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church. The stamp will be issued with a first-day ceremony scheduled for noon at the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church, 419 S. […]
The U.S. Postal Service previewed the Dr. Maya Angelou Forever Stamp image today and announced that the First-Day-of-Issue stamp dedication ceremony will take place at 11 a.m., Tue., April 7, at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. As an author, poet, actress, […]
The U.S. Postal Service will release a “forever” stamp honoring writer Maya Angelou, the agency announced Monday. Angelou, best known for her memoir “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” died last year at age 86. In addition to being an author, Angelou was a professor, a Tony-nominated performer, an official with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a […]
History making musicians Miles Davis and Edith Piaf are making history even in their deaths. The two are being honored as they join the ranks of the postage stamp family for the U.S. and also the French postal service. “On behalf of the Miles Davis family, we are honored that the U.S. Postal Service and […]
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – Lots of people are voting by absentee ballot this year, but you could create big a problem for yourself if you don’t take heed of something 19 Action News discovered on Wednesday. The ballots are too heavy to get back to the Board of Elections with a simple .44 cent first […]
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – Lots of people are voting by absentee ballot this year, but you could create big a problem for yourself if you don’t take heed of something 19 Action News discovered on Wednesday. The ballots are too heavy to get back to the Board of Elections with a simple .44 cent first […]
