1994 Dr Allison Davis- Black Heritage Plate Block Of 4 29c Postage Stamps - Sc# 2816 - MNH, OG - CW275

1994 Dr Allison Davis- Black Heritage Plate Block Of 4 29c Postage Stamps - Sc# 2816 - MNH, OG - CW275

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1994 Dr Allison Davis- Black Heritage Plate Block Of 4 29c Postage Stamps - Sc# 2816 - MNH, OG - CW275

William Boyd Allison Davis (October 14, 1902 - November 21, 1983) was an American educator, anthropologist, writer, researcher, and scholar. He was considered one of the most promising black scholars of his generation. He was the first African American to hold a full faculty position at a major white university when he joined the staff of the University of Chicago in 1942, and he served there for the balance of his academic life.

Among his students during his tenure at the University of Chicago were anthropologist St. Clair Drake and sociologist Nathan Hare. Davis, who has been honored with a commemorative postage stamp by the United States Postal Service, is best remembered for his pioneering anthropology research on southern race and class during the 1930s, his research on intelligence quotient tests in the 1940s and 1950s, and his support of "compensatory education." This work contributed to the intellectual genesis of the federal Head Start Program.

 

These are real USPS postage stamps that are accepted by the USA Postal Service as payment for mail posted in the USA however the total rates on the stamps posted must equal or exceed the current appropriate postal mailing rate or extra postage must be paid.

 

The stamp set shown in the picture is a stock photo and is likely not a picture of the exact stamp set you will receive and it may differ in plate number and/or orientation. However the item you will receive will be similar including having a plate number (if one is present in the photos) and the same number of stamps. Stamps titled as MNH, OG will have no significant creases or unnatural gum disturbances unless otherwise noted.