Gwen Ifill, the late trailblazing journalist for PBS NewsHour, will be honored with a United States Postal Service commemorative forever stamp.

The USPS revealed on Tuesday that Ifill will join other iconic figures who have been celebrated through the organization's "Black Heritage" stamp series. The stamp will include a 2008 photo of the PBS NewsHour anchor, PBS reported. She is the 43rd person to be commemorated as part of the series.

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Ifill, a native of Jamaica Queens, New York, was also the moderator and managing editor of Washington Week and worked at PBS NewsHour for 17 years. Before becoming a Capitol Hill reporter for NBC in 1994, she worked for the Baltimore Evening Sun, The Washington Post and The New York Times.

Ifill died on November 14, 2016, at the age of 61 from complications with cancer.

Other prominent figures who have been honored as part of USPS' Black Heritage stamp collection include Lena Horne, Dorothy Height, Gregory Hines, Malcolm X and Paul Robeson. The postal service launched the Black Heritage stamp series on February 1, 1978, with the inaugural postage honoring Harriet Tubman.

Tuesday's announcement from the USPS also included other forever stamp reveals for the 2020 calendar year, including a centennial ode to the voices of the Harlem Renaissance and a four-stamp homage to hip-hop, highlighting MCing, graffiti art, breakdancing and DJing.

“These miniature works of art offer something for everyone interested in American history and culture,” said U.S. Postal Service Stamp Services Acting Executive Director William Gicker. “From notable figures such as golf legend Arnold Palmer and esteemed journalist Gwen Ifill to the cultural phenomenon of hip hop to a celebration of the great outdoors, this program is wide-ranging and adds to the history of our great nation as recorded through the U.S. stamp program.”

According to USPS, the stamps will be issued next year.

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