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Associated Person:
Booker T. Washington, American, 1856 - 1915  Search this
Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (deep blue); adhesive / engraving
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Virginia
Date:
April 5, 1956
Description:
This Booker T. Washington Issue stamp honors Booker T. Washington, the first head of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Washington was born into slavery in Virginia in 1856; the stamp features the log cabin on the Burroughs Plantation where he was born. He was a dominant figure in the African-American community. A skilled orator, Washington helped to gain support for civil rights for disenfranchised African-Americans in the post-Reconstruction period. He focused on education, literacy and entrepreneurship.
United States; Virginia; West Virginia; Alabama; Booker T. Washington; African-American; black; slave; American Civil War; Reconstruction; Jim Crow Laws; civil rights; educator; author; orator; advisor; Tuskegee Institute; founder
Topic:
Education & Teaching  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Object number:
1980.2493.5169
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm80b3d776d-d3fc-4b5e-9bec-bdea3217548b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1980.2493.5169