Vintage Black Cinema Movie Poster Stamps Highlight African-American Cultural Experience

WHAT:
Unveiling of the Vintage Black Cinema Stamps
(Stamps depict posters from the 1920s through 1950s)

Vintage Black Cinema Cultural Diary – 20 stamps is the newest edition to the
Expressions of African Americans: A Cultural Diary collection

Vintage Black Cinema Commemorative Folio – collection of vintage movie posters

WHEN:
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
6:00 pm

WHERE:
Oxon Hill Library
6200 Oxon Hill Road
Oxon Hill, MD 20745

WHO:
Roy Betts, Special Communications, United States Postal Service
Yasmin Shiraz, National Best Selling Author

DETAILS:
The Vintage Black Cinema Stamps highlight various facets of the African-American cultural experience as represented in early film. The 42-cent commemorative First-Class stamps feature the entertainment icons Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Fredi Washington, Louis Jordan, Daniel L. Haynes, Victoria Spivey and King Vidor.

Along with the new stamps, two unique collectible items will be available for purchase: Vintage Black Cinema Cultural Diary and Vintage Black Cinema Commemorative Folio.

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