A 10-cent postage stamp printed in reddish-brown ink. It has a portrait of Booker T. Washington, wearing a suit with bow tie, inside a circle. The top of the circle has "United States postage" printed on it. There is an oil lamp under Washington's face, and his name is on a ribbon underneath that.
#OnThisDayInHistory, Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American to be honored with a postage stamp in 1940. It would be almost 4 decades before Harriet Tubman becomes the first African-American woman to be so honored. #ItsAboutDamnTime