Articles

• African American Postal Workers in the 19th Century
• The History and Experience of African Americans in America’s Postal Service
• List of Known African American Postmasters, 1800s
• Lynching Of Julia and Frazier Baker (1898): A | B | C | D | YouTube Video
• Postal SERVICE — After Civil War, African-Americans began long record of contributions to Post Office
• 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (1945–1946)

 

Individuals

• Leonard Bailey - invented a speed stamper for mail
• Caesar Bowlegs - carried the mail from Fort Gibson to Wewoka when the post office opened there in 1867.  
• Philip Bell Downing - successfully filed at least five patents with the United States Patent Office

Individuals Cont.

• William Harvey Carney - the first African American to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor
• Minnie M. Cox - the first African-American woman to serve as a postmaster in the United States: A | B
• Mary Fields - In 1895, became the first African-American woman employed as a mail carrier in the United States: A | B | C 
• John T. Jackson - On April 1, 1891 became the postmaster of Alanthus, Virginia: A | B
• William “Curly” Neal - "In 1885 he won a contract with the U.S. Postal Service hauling mail and did so for forty-two years ..."
• William Cooper Nell the first to hold a federal position as clerk in the U.S. Postal Department:  A | B
• Sol Plaatje - in 1894 he was a telegraph messenger for the Post Office in Kimberley, South Africa: A | B
• Heman Marion Sweatt was a postal worker who integrated the University of Texas (UT) Law School in 1950:   A | B | C | D

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