[Greensboro Four postal cover]
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Title |
[Greensboro Four postal cover] |
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Date |
2000-02-01 |
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Time period (decade) |
2000-2009 |
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Creator (individual) |
Mixon, Enola C. |
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Subject headings |
Greensboro (N.C.) -- History -- 20th century |
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Topics |
United States Postal Service |
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Place |
Greensboro (N.C.) |
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Description |
This postal cover depicts and commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Greensboro sit-ins of February, 1960. A period image of the "Greensboro Four" is accompanied by autographs of participants Franklin McClain and Joseph A. McNeil. Lynn Richmond Massenburg also signed the Cover for her father David Richmond, who died in 1990. |
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Type |
Text |
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Original format |
correspondence |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Personal collection |
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Source collection |
CC008 Enola C. Mixon Collection [Personal Collection] |
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Collection description |
Enola Mixon had a long career with the United States Postal Service. She was the first woman in the country to serve as a director of employee and labor relations at the Greensboro post office. Between 1984 and 1991 she served as the first female acting postmaster in Burlington and Winston-Salem. She was named Greensboro's first female postmaster in 1992. She retired from the Postal Service in June 2004. Mixon was awarded the Dorothy Sharple Lifetime Achievement Award by the United States Postal Service for her community service, and her efforts in the post office toward increasing diversity within the postal system. Throughout her career in Greensboro, and elsewhere, she was actively involved in community service work .
On loan from contributor. UNCG does not hold a physical copy of this item. |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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Additional rights information |
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse. |
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Object ID |
CC008.005 |
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Digital access format |
Image/jpeg |
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Digital publisher |
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5305 -- http://library.uncg.edu/ |
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Sponsor |
Institute of Museum and Library Services Sparks! Ignition Grants For Libraries: http://www.imls.gov/applicants/detail.aspx?GrantId=19 |
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OCLC number |
925376299 |
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