The 46th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Ernest J. Gaines (1933-2019). Best known for novels “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and “A Lesson Before Dying,” Gaines drew from his childhood as the son of sharecroppers on a Louisiana plantation to explore the untold stories of rural African Americans.
The first-day-of-issue event for the Ernest J. Gaines Black Heritage stamp is free and open to the public, according to a press release. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtags #BlackHeritageStamps and #ErnestGainesStamp.
