USPS Black Heritage stamp

Brookins-Kirkland AME Salutes Black Heritage

Pastor Mary S. Minor and members of Brookins-Kirkland Community AME Church recently held a salute to the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage Stamp Series. During the event, which was sponsored by the church’s Senior Adult Ministry, attendees could obtain the August Wilson, Gwen Ifill, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles and other stamps featuring African Americans.

FAME Hosts L.A.’s BHM Worship Service

Mayor Eric Garcetti will head at a contingent of elected officials at the City of Los Angeles African American Heritage Month Worship Service hosted by First AME Church, 2270 S. Harvard Blvd., in Los Angeles. The Rev. J. Edgar Boyd is the host pastor. The service, set for Sunday, February 11, at 10 a.m., will feature Bishop Clement W. Fugh, presiding prelate of the Fifth Episcopal District of the AME Church, as the guest preacher. Also, gospel artist Tramaine Hawkins will perform and members of the California Legislative Black Caucus will honored. According to Michael Ellison-Lewis, FAME spokesperson, “The significance of