Maya Angelou (AP Photo)
Maya Angelou will join the esteemed list of African-American leaders, inventors, activists, sports figures, and culture-shapers who have been immortalized on an American stamp, the U.S. Postal Service announced this week.
The beloved author, teacher, poet, actress and human rights activist, who died on May 28, 2014, will be honoured with a Forever Stamp, non-denominational First Class postage.
“Maya Angelou inspired our nation through a life of advocacy and through her many contributions to the written and spoken word,” said Postmaster General Megan J. Brennan in a statement. “Her wide-ranging achievements as a playwright, poet, memoirist, educator, and advocate for justice and equality enhanced our culture.”
The Postal Service will preview the stamp and provide details on the date and location of the first-day-of-issuance ceremony at a later date.
Among the many African Americans featured on USPS stamps are included: Harriet Tubman, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Madam C.J. Walker, Carter G. Woodson, Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, and Shirley Chisholm.
