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Ernest J. Gaines Stamps US Postage Stamps The artist created the ilustrationThe 46th stamp in the Black Heritace series honors author Ernest J. Gaines (1933 2019). Best known for such novels as TheAutobiography of Miss Jane Pitman and A Lesson Before Dving, Gaines drew from his childhood as the son of sharecroppers on aLouisiana plantation to explore the untold stories of rural African Americans. The stamp art is an oil painting of Gaines based on a 2001 photograph. Ernest J. Gaines was born on River Lake Plantation in the