At the stamp dedication ceremony, Morrison's family was presented with a letter from former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama.
On Tuesday, March 7, the United States Postal Service unveiled its new forever stamp of Morrison at aThe latest forever stamp celebrates the amazing life and legacy of the late novelist, who was the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
It read,"We’re honored to join Toni Morrison’s family and everyone gathered here in celebrating one of the world’s greatest storytellers. Toni told fundamental truths about our country and the human condition. But she didn’t just reflect what was true. She helped generations of Black Americans reimagine what was possible. That’s why we return to her stories again and again, finding new meaning each time.
In"Beloved," Morrison's 1987 novel, she wrote about a formerly enslaved woman who ends up killing her own baby to prevent the child from going through the same experiences she did growing up.
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