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BLACK WRITER RESURRECTED; SUPPORTERS HOPE CHARLES CHESNUTT STAMP REKINDLES INTEREST.(CNY)
From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
Date: 20080207
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Byline: Robert L. Smith Newhouse News Service
Cleveland -- A trailblazing writer from Cleveland has emerged from obscurity, maybe for good, as he took his place in a pantheon of African-American luminaries.
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled the Charles W. Chesnutt stamp last week at the Cleveland Public Library, at a ceremony that had the feel of a revival. A gospel choir sang. A minister prayed. And Chesnutt fans in a crowd of about 200 beamed like the blessed.
As the 31st stamp in the postal service's Black Heritage series, Chesnutt joins a lofty league, one that ...
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