Who was the first black to be pictured on a US postage stamp?

Answer 1

Who was the first African American depicted on a U.S. postage stamp?


r Booker T. Washington was the first African American to grace the front of a stamp.

The 10-cent stamp was issued on April 7, 1940, as part of the Famous Americans series.

A former slave, Washington went on to become the founder and first president of Tuskegee University. Washington stressed the importance of vocational education over social equality, a stance that led many civil-rights leaders to label him an "Uncle Tom." His views were eloquently expressed in his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech in which he said of racial relations, "In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress."

We also learned that abolitionist Harriet Tubman was the first female African American depicted on a U.S. postage stamp. The stamp bearing her resemblance was issued February 1, 1978, and was the first of the Black Heritage Commemorative Stamp series issued by the United States Postal Service. The series honors "outstanding African-American activists, theorists, educators and leaders."

Answer 2

Booker T. Washington

Answer 3

Aunt Gemima..gemina.. the fake maple syrop lady

Answer 4

booker t washington

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