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Volume III Number XIII
Atlanta, Georgia
February 6, 1992
BLACK HISTORY MONTH ISSUE
Stamp of Approval
By LaKesha Gage
News Editor
“When I informed friends and
colleagues that the U.S. Postal Ser
vice was issuing a W.E.B. Du Bois
Commemorative stamp, after ex
pressing surprise and delight, in
variably the remark came: ‘Well, it’s
about time!’ and indeed, it is about
time!” remarked David Graham
DuBois, stepson of DuBois.
DuBois was honored Friday, at
the Virginia Lacey Jones Exhibition
Hall in the Robert Woodruff Library
with the unveiling, dedication, and
issuance of a 29-cent U.S. Postal
Service commemorative stamp.
The DuBois commemorative
stamp is the 15th in the Postal
Service’s Black Heritage Series. The
series first honored abolitionist
Harriet Tubman in 1978 and has
continued honoring the achieve
ments and contributions of Afri
can-Americans for 14 years.
On the eve of Black History
Month, when African-Americans are
honored for their contributions to
America, DuBois, former Atlanta
University educator, was saluted
by more than 800 guests that in
cluded: stamp collectors, visitors,
and Atlanta
University
Center stu
dents, faculty,
and staff.
Many of the
honored guests
included:
Higgins Bond,
stamp de
signer: Dr.
DuBois Wil
liams, grand
daughter of
DuBois; and
Earl T.
Shinhoster,
Southeast Re
gional Director
of the NAACP.
“At last
grandpa is fi
nally getting
the recognition
that he de
serves. The young people are learn
ing about him and that’s what it’s
all about...the young people,” said
DuBois Williams.
Also debuting at the ceremony
was the Postal Service’s 68-page
hardback book, I Have a Dream: A
Collection of Black Americans on
Postage
Stamps, which
features an in
troduction by
Roots author,
Alex Haley.
Two hundred
copies of the
$17.95 book
were sold
within the first
hour of the
ceremony.
Stamp de
signing is an
art form that
requires skill
in portraying a
subject within
very small di-
mensions.
The design co
ordinators of
the Citizens
Stamp Advi
sory Committee selects artists to
execute the designs for the Postal
Service.
Higgins Bond, the only African-
American woman known-to- date
to design a Black Heritage Series
stamp, is from Teaneck, New Jer
sey. The first series stamp she
Amandla: Mandela Speaks to Students
Winnie Mandela gives an enthusiastic speech at MBC.
By Shauna Moore
Contributing Writer
Shouting “Amandla” while
raising her right fist in the air,
Winnie Mandela told an estimated
3,000 persons on Jan. 18 at Morris
Brown College that South Africa
needs to be free so that African-
Americans can come home.
Using the same gesture,
many in the audience responded
with “Amandla,” not realizing ex
actly what it meant. According to
Cornelius Monama, a South Afri
can graduate student in the School
of Education at Clark Atlanta Uni
versity, the word means power.
He said the correct response
is “Awethu,” which means the power
will eventually belong to us, ALL
AFRICANS. These words ‘reaffirm
our commitment to overthrow apart
heid’, Monama added.
Before Mandela began her
speech she said, ‘The honor you
give me, I don’t deserve alone. It
belongs to the people of South
Africa.”
According to Mandela, it is
important for students at the col
lege level to obtain as much knowl
edge as possible so that they may be
able to help their sisters and broth
ers in Africa who unfortunately do
not have the same opportunities.
“Liberating South Africa is liberat
ing your roots,” she said.
Mandela also said that the
White people in her country speak
of a period of 10 to 15 years before
Black South Africans will see a
democratic change. “Obviously they
do not understand that we cannot
wait that long."
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designed pays tribute to Jan E.
Matzeliger, inventor of the shoe last
ing machine.
“It’s an honor to be the designer
of the W.E.B. DuBois Commerative
stamp. With the Matzeliger stamp,
nobody even knew who he was, but
with DuBois more people are famil
iar with the name and the stamp
will make them ask more ques
tions,” said Higgins Bond.
As an activist for the elimination
of discrimination and inequality
against African-Americans, many
of DuBois achievements remain
prevalent today.
He founded theNiagra Movement,
today known as the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Col
ored people (NAACP), and wrote
many works including: The Phila
delphia Negro: A Social Study, At
lanta University Studies, and The
Souls of Black Folk.
Lincoln Ramsay, a CAU sopho
more explained, “I really enjoyed
the ceremony. I liked the fact that
white people were standing up and
talking about the accomplishments
of a black man. It really showed
unity and the coming together of
the races.”
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