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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJournalist Gwen Ifill Honored With Black Heritage Forever Stamp
Gwen Ifill didn't want it to be a big deal.
The legendary journalist knew she'd served as a trailblazer for women and especially a beacon of what is professionally possible for women of color. But in an interview with The New York Times, she said she was eager for the days when it would not seem "like any breakthrough at all" for a black woman to be anchoring a national news program.
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/801055141/journalist-gwen-ifill-honored-with-black-heritage-forever-stamp
And yet, more than three years after her death, Ifill is still making breakthroughs. This time, on a stamp.
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Journalist Gwen Ifill Honored With Black Heritage Forever Stamp (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Jan 2020
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lunatica
(53,410 posts)1. Well deserved!
This makes me feel good! A feeling running in short supply these days.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)2. That stamp was issued TODAY.
Go to your local USPS station and buy these stamps. It's one way to show the world who you are.
2naSalit
(87,012 posts)3. I'll get some next week
when I go to the PO.
I truly admired her for many years, still do.
burrowowl
(17,657 posts)4. Guess I have to get me some stamps