37c 1960 Lunch Counter Sit-ins stamp

United States Postal Service2005-08-30

Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
Washington, DC, United States

To Form A More Perfect Union stamp issue
1960 Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
When four African-American college students placed an order at a "whites only" lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960, they sparked acts of civil disobedience in many other cities.
National Civil Rights Museum exhibit
StudioEIS
Reference: back of stamp

Scott Catalogue USA: 3937c

Museum ID: 2006.2002.443.3

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Title: 37c 1960 Lunch Counter Sit-ins stamp
Creator: United States Postal Service
Date Created: 2005-08-30
Subject Keywords: 1960 Lunch Counter Sit-ins, stamp
Medium: paper; ink (multicolored) / lithographed

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