Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society, honoring the African Diaspora and African Americans on stamps"
Our 38th Year
Exhibit and Presentation in Montclair New Jersey
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Special Second Day Ceremonies with ESPER
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ESPER member James Joppy
Black Histroy Month Exhibit
Philately and Music: Black Musicians on Postage Stamps
with Della Moses Walker and Ashley Turnbull​
Presented by the British Empire Study Group
Bernice Fields Tribute
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Fields, Bernice Lenora aged 76, of Minneapolis, Minnesota died peacefully July 18th after a battle with a cancer. Bernice was born on May 5th, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas.
She attended Sumner High School. Bernice earned her Bachelor’s Degree in education from Kansas State College. She began teaching in Kansas City and then moved to New York City where she continued to flourish as an educator. In 1968 Bernice and her former husband moved to Brussels, Belgium with their newborn baby daughter. In 1976 Bernice returned to the States and earned her Juris Doctor in 1979 from the University of Minnesota. Bernice practiced law for forty years specializing in workplace bullying. She was a member of the Minnesota Bar Association, Hennepin County Bar Association, Conflict Resolution and was one of the founders of the Minnesota Black Women Lawyers Network. Bernice was an avid stamp collector and belonged to the American Philatelic Society. She enjoyed yoga, the theater, sewing, card making and scrapbooking. She was also a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. By Yvonne Singley
1944-2020
Extraordinary, Ordinary Black Women on U.S. Postage Stamp Event
Springfield-Decatur Area Alumnae Chapter
of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
Bernice Fields, giving her PowerPoint presentation
Charlene Blair, Yvonne Singley, Eretta Morris,
Betty Lewis and Bernice Fields
