Academy Award(R)-winning Actress Hattie McDaniel to be Honored on Stamp Issued in Beverly Hills

Academy Award(R)-winning Actress Hattie McDaniel to be Honored on Stamp Issued in Beverly Hills

What: The U.S. Postal Service will dedicate the 39-cent Hattie
McDaniel commemorative postage stamp at an official first-
day-of-issue ceremony in Beverly Hills. The Hattie McDaniel
stamp is the 29th in the acclaimed Black Heritage stamp
series.

Who: James C. Miller, III, Chairman, Board of Governors, U.S.
Postal Service

Sid Ganis, President, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences

Delores Killette, Vice President, Consumer Advocate, U.S.
Postal Service

Edgar Goff, Nephew of Hattie McDaniel

Kim Goff-Crews, Grand-Niece of McDaniel; Dean of Students,
Wellesley College

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

Ann-Marie Johnson, National First Vice President, Screen
Actors Guild

Johnny Grant, Hollywood's Honorary Mayor

Linda Hopkins, Jazz and Blues Legend

Wonderful Smith, Hattie McDaniel's Chauffeur

Cast Members from the 1939 film "Gone with the Wind"

Vonzell Solomon, Performer, 2005 "American Idol" finalist and
former Postal carrier

When: 10 a.m. PST, Jan. 25, 2006

Where: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Fairbanks Center for Motion Picture Study
Margaret Herrick Library
333 South LaCienega Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Background: The Hattie McDaniel commemorative stamp highlights the
achievements of the actress, singer, and radio and television
performer who became the first African American to win an
Academy Award for her role in the 1939 film "Gone with the
Wind." The stamp features a 1941 photograph of McDaniel in
the dress she wore on Feb. 29, 1940, when she received the
Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. The new stamp is available
on January 25 only in the first-day-of-issue host city,
Beverly Hills, and nationwide on January 26.

The Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences is widely regarded as one of the world's
preeminent research and reference facilities for the study of
all aspects of motion pictures, as an art form and an
industry. The Hattie McDaniel Collection housed in the
Library includes photographs of Hattie and other family
members, as well as scripts and other documents. There are
also a large number of recordings from her radio program,
"Beulah."

Note: Media is advised to bring long lens, riser is approximately 80 ft. from stage.

CONTACT: Frances Frazier, +1-202-268-2898, cell: +1-202-285-6374, mfrances.frazier@usps.gov or Larry Dozier, +1-323-586-1211, cell: +1-213-503-9426, larry.h.dozier@usps.gov, both of USPS; or Teni Melidonian of AMPAS, +1-310-247-3001 X180, cell: +1-310-261-4008, tmelidonian@oscars.org

PRNewswire -- Jan. 20

Source: U.S. Postal Service

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

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