2024 Black Heritage: Constance Baker Motley Forever Postage Stamps – First-Class Mail, Sheet

$29.00

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The Black Heritage Series began on February 1, 1978, with the issue of the 13¢ Harriet Tubman stamp (US #1744). Since then, the USPS has issued a new stamp in the series every year. A number of them have even been released in February in recognition of Black History month. As of 2024, it was the USPS’s longest-running stamp series of all time.

Constance Baker Motley (September 14, 1921 – September 28, 2005) was a politician, civil rights activist, and judge. She was also the first Black woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court.

Constance Baker was born to Caribbean immigrants from nevis and was the ninth of twelve children. By age 15, Constance had read books by James Weldon Johnson and W.E.B. DuBois, giving her an early interest in Black history and civil rights. She also learned how few black lawyers there were at the time.