U.S. Postal Service Playwright August Wilson is the 2021 Black Heritage Forever stamp honoree. Playwright August Wilson is the 2021 Black Heritage Forever stamp honoree.
TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Stamp collectors soon can grab a piece of Pittsburgh history with a new Forever Stamp honoring legendary playwright August Wilson. The U.S. Postal Service will dedicate the stamp Jan. 28, the first day of its release, with a virtual ceremony on its Twitter and Facebook pages. The stamp will be the 44th in the Postal Service’s Black Heritage series, which debuted in 1978 with a stamp featuring Harriet Tubman. The annual series features a wide variety of prominent Black Americans, including Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson and Ella Fitzgerald.