This stamp, issued on 29 January 2026, honours poet Phillis Wheatley (ca 1753–1784), the first author of African descent in the American colonies to publish a book. The stamp art features a black-and-white ink-on-paper portrait of Wheatley by Kerry James Marshall, who imagines her later in life --That choice stirred a bit of controversy.
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This postage stamp is an honoring of history. A beautiful tribute to Phillis Wheatley as the mother of African American literature
ReplyDeleteI think it's a lovely image to put on a stamp. It's sad she died so young.
ReplyDeleteI rather like this interpretation. The artist had vision.
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