Actress, Singer, Radio and Television Performer to be Commemorated on New U.S. Postal Stamp

Actress, Singer, Radio and Television Performer to be Commemorated on New U.S. Postal Stamp

EVENT: Unveiling ceremony for the 2006 Black Heritage
Commemorative stamp honoring Hattie McDaniel will take
place at Alpha Alpha Sigma Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority, Inc. annual Founders' Day luncheon. The stamp
will be issued late January 2006.

WHO: Congressman Elijah Cummings, (D-MD)

Jack Johnson, Prince George's County Executive

Angela Brown, U.S. Postal Service, District Marketing
Manager, Baltimore District

Dr. Mynora J. Bryant, International Grand Basileus, Sigma
Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Joann Loveless, International First Grand Basileus, Sigma
Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Alice Sue Cooper-Lee, International Protocol Chairperson
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Keopia "Kay" Merrill, Past International Grand Anti-
Grammateus Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Felicia Blakeney, Syntaktes, Northeast Region, Sigma
Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

Landa R. McLaurin, Basileus, Alpha Alpha Sigma Chapter,
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

WHAT: The U.S. Postal Service joins Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority,
Inc. to unveil the Hattie McDaniel Commemorative stamp.

WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 5, 2005, 12 noon (ET)

WHERE: The Forum
4210 Primrose Avenue
Baltimore, MD

BACKGROUND: As part of Alpha Alpha Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho
Sorority, Inc, Founders' Day luncheon, the Postal Service
will unveil the 2006 Black Heritage Commemorative stamp
series which honors Hattie McDaniel. Hattie McDaniel was
an honorary of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. This
commemorative stamp highlights the achievements of the
actress, singer, and radio and television performer.
McDaniel became the first African-American to win an
Academy Award for her role in the 1939 film Gone with the
Wind. The stamp will be issued January 2006.

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on the campus
of Butler University, Indianapolis, IN on November 12,
1922. Chapters throughout the country will celebrate its
seven Founders with various activities throughout
November.

CONTACT: Frances Frazier, +1-202-268-2898, or +1-202-285-6374, Elaine Smith, +1-410-347-4265 or +1-410-428-0389, both of U.S. Postal Service; or Janet Hall of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., 410-905-4267

PRNewswire -- Nov. 4

Source: U.S. Postal Service

Web site: http://www.usps.com/

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