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I have a dream a collection of black Americans on U.S. postage stamps

Catalog Data

Writer of introduction:
Haley, Alex  Search this
Author:
United States Postal Service  Search this
Subject:
United States Post Office  Search this
Physical description:
66 pages illustrations (chiefly color) 28 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Place:
United States
Date:
1991
Notes:
Book (in cardboard box), accompanied by 1 packet of 18 mint Black heritage series postage stamps (with mounts)
I have a dream collection, [catalog] item numbers 8816
Thomas Blackshear, artist and designer ; Jerry Pinkney, designer ; Higgins Bond, designer
Contents:
Introduction by Alex Haley -- Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Benjamin Banneker -- Jesse Owens -- Frederick Douglas -- Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable -- Sojourner Truth -- Duke Ellington -- Henry O. Tanner -- Whitney Moore Young -- Scott Joplin -- Jan Matzeliger -- Mary McLeod Bethune -- A. Philip Randolph -- Jackie Robinson -- Paul Laurence Dunbar -- W. C. Handy -- Carter G. Woodson -- Ida B. Wells -- James Weldon Johnson -- W.E.B. Dubois -- Booker T. Washington -- Salem Poor -- George Washington Carver -- Roberto Clemente -- Harriet Tubman -- Dr. Charles Drew -- Matthew Henson -- Ralph Bunche -- Additional Stamps -- Future Stamp Issues -- Stamp Designers -- Credits
Summary:
Short biographical sketches on prominent Black Americans and includes actual postage stamps for most
Topic:
African Americans on postage stamps  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Postage stamps  Search this
Call number:
HE6183.A35 I22 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_593829