To celebrate the unveiling of the Forever Maya Angelou stamp, three organizations, including the Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections (ESPER), will host a ceremony on Saturday, June 6 at 1 p.m., Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 3301 Beatties Ford Road in Charlotte, N.C.
Several speakers and performers will be featured, including Charlotte Mayor, Daniel Clodfelter; Charlotte Postmaster, Le Gretta Ross-Rawlins; Dr. Esper Hayes; WBTV News Reporter, Brigida Mack. I'm happy and honored to report that I will perform a Maya Angelou piece during the event, which is free and open to the public.
Did you know that in 1997, Maya Angelou and 11 other Black authors were honored on stamps in Uganda and Ghana? The stamps, created to promote world literacy, were designed by Seattle artist Gary Aagaard.
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| Ghanaian Great Writers stamps (1997) |
Earlier this year, on March 4, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled a Forever Stamp honoring Maya Angelou, the world renowned writer, professor, singer, director, and activist, who died last May. The First-Day-of-Issue stamp dedication ceremony was held on April 7 at the Warner Theater in Washington, D.C., with First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey as special guests.
For more information about the Maya Angelou stamp dedication ceremony in Charlotte, contact Beatrice A. Cox at beco43@aol.com, or 704-574-1064.
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| U.S. Forever Maya Angelou Stamp (2015) |
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| Ugandan Great Writers stamps |
I put one on your Mother's day card. I could not wait, as soon as they came on sell I bought a book. Now I am waiting on the other famous black authors stamp. I'll need some much needed oxygen from holding my breath.
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I love the stamp. Yes, it will probably be a long time before we see another black author on a stamp. But we'll keep hope alive. Uganda and Ghana were waaaay ahead of us! They released all of those stamps in 1997!
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