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Black Heritage Stamp Series

The Black Heritage Stamps series exhibit is provided courtesy of the private collection of Thomas Nichols, a Shrewsbury resident. The USPS issued the first Black Heritage Stamp in 1978, with Harriet Tubman as the inaugural subject, and today, it is the longest-running US stamp series.

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Pathfinders
Tonya Bolden.
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Who did it first?
edited by Alex Hart ; written by Megan Reid ; illustrated by Jessica Cruickshank.
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Legends, icons & rebels
Robbie Robertson, Jim Guerinot, Sebastian Robertson, Jared Levine.
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Oscar wars
Michael Schulman.
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Songs of America
Jon Meacham & Tim McGraw.
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Illustrated Black history
George McCalman with April Reynolds.
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