Black Mail: Leaders Leave Their Mark With Stamps

Robert Taylor is the latest to be honored by the USPS.

Mary McLeod Bethune  - The Mary McLeod Bethune stamp was created by Jerry Pickney and was issued on March 5, 1985, in Washington D.C. Bethune taught at several southern schools and served as president of Bethune-Cookman College until 1942. In 1935 she founded the National Council for Negro Women. (Photo: United States Postal Service)
Sojourner Truth - The Sojourner Truth Black Heritage stamp was issued on Feb. 4, 1986, in New Platz, New York, and was created by Jerry Pickney. Truth is most known for her work as an abolitionist and orator.(Photo: United States Postal Service)
Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable  - The Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable stamp was created by Thomas Blackshear and issued on February 20, 1987, in Chicago. In 1779 Du Sable departed to an area called Eschikagou and decided to settle on the land, which he discovered. Today that land is named Chicago. (Photo: United States Postal Service)
James Weldon Johnson - The James W. Johnson stamp was created by Thomas Blackshear and issued in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 2, 1988. Johnson co-wrote the national Black anthem and became the first African-American to be admitted to the Florida Bar in 1897.(Photo: United States Postal Service)Asa Philip Randolph  - The Asa Philip Randolph Black Heritage stamp was created by Thomas Blackshear and was issued Feb. 3, 1989, in New York. In 1947 Randolph formed the League for nonviolent Civil Disobedience and was instrumental in establishing the Fair Employment Practice Committee and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Photo: United States Postal Service)

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Sojourner Truth - The Sojourner Truth Black Heritage stamp was issued on Feb. 4, 1986, in New Platz, New York, and was created by Jerry Pickney. Truth is most known for her work as an abolitionist and orator.(Photo: United States Postal Service)

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