Booker T. Washington was the first Black American to be
honored on a U.S. postage stamp, released on April 7,
1940. As part of the 1940 "Famous Americans Series"
(educators group), this 10-cent stamp recognized his
role as a leading educator and founder of the Tuskegee
Normal and Industrial Institute.

It will take nearly four decades for a Black woman to
receive a similar honor: Harriet Tubman in 1978.

Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915)