Answer:
Booker T. Washington.
Explanation:
On April 7, 1940, Booker T. Washington became the first African-American to be depicted on a postage stamp. He was born in slavery in 1856. As millions more, he got emancipated after the Civil War. He worked very hard as a miner but he cared much about personal education. He went to Hampton Institute and eventually became a teacher, an educator.
Thomas Jefferson said it I believe.
