The Hattie McDaniel commemorative stamp

This is the new stamp that the US Post

Is issuing to day The U.S. Postal Service will dedicate the 39¢ 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.
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 Library333 South LaCienega BoulevardBeverly Hills, CA 90211

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.