Cool purchase idea:

>>For those unaware, the U.S. postal service is printing postcards with
>African-American historical figures.  It would be an excellent
>>gift for any high school student or collector.  Some of the bios are:
>Matthew Henson, Sojourner Truth, Frederick
>>Douglass, Mary M. Bethune, Benjamin Banneker, Salem Poor, Jim Beckwourth,
>Bill Pickett, Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells,
>>Dr. G.W. Carver, Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, Madam C.J. Walker, Henry O
>Tanner. Scott Joplin, Paul Laurence Dunbar,
>>Booker T. Washington, James W. Johnson, and others.
>>
The postcards should cost approximately $14.00 for a package of
>about 20. (I say about $14.00 because the price
>>may vary depending upon where you are located).  The postcards have a
>glossy finish and are actual photos (Madam
>>C.J.Walker)
>>or paintings of the historic figure (James Weldon Johnson). Each postcard
>contains the historic figure, birth/death
>>info, and up to 5 mini paragraphs on the person's life.


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Kyla J. McLeod
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Center for Cultural Pluralism
The University of Vermont
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