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How Booker T. Washington Became the First African-American on a U.S. Postage Stamp
Smithsonian What's in a stamp? Sure, the tiny adhesive objects help mail go to and fro, but what's on stamps themselves says a lot about a country's priorities. Seventy-six years ago today, philatelic history was made when the first black person appeared on a … |
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