{"id":3802,"date":"2022-01-27T18:15:56","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2022-01-27T18:15:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:15:56","slug":"maya-angelou-is-the-first-black-woman-on-the-u-s-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/maya-angelou-is-the-first-black-woman-on-the-u-s-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Angelou Is The First Black Woman On The U.S. Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"By Stephenetta \u201cIsis\u201d Harmon
\nTexas Metro News<\/p>\n

The late Maya Angelou is now the first Black woman to ever appear on U.S. currency. The U.S. Mint announced that a new quarter featuring the legendary poet and activist went into circulation Monday. You should be able to get your hands on one by late January.<\/p>\n

While the coin still features George Washington on the front \u201cheads\u201d side, the \u201ctails\u201d side features an image of Angelou with her arms spread and a bird in flight behind her in homage to her autobiography, \u201cI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a leader in the civil rights movement, poet laureate, college professor, Broadway actress, dancer, and the first female African American cable car conductor in San Francisco, Maya Angelou\u2019s brilliance and artistry inspired generations of Americans,\u201d said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). \u201cI will forever cherish the private moments I had the privilege to share with Maya, from talking in her living room as sisters to her invaluable counsel throughout the challenges I faced as a Black woman in elected office.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to have led this effort to honor these phenomenal women, who more often than not are overlooked in our country\u2019s telling of history. If you find yourself holding a Maya Angelou quarter, may you be reminded of her words, \u2018be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The new quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program honoring women who have impacted American history.<\/p>\n

The program was created after the passing of Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 spearheaded by Lee. It comes after Barack Obama\u2019s administration first introduced plans to replace Andrew Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill in 2016. Those plans were later halted by Donald Trump\u2019s administration and a new call issued by the Biden administration to revive is now on hold.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Mint is set to release four more quarters this year as part of the program. The other featured women are Sally Ride, the first American woman astronaut in space; Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American film star; Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation; and Nina Otero-Warren, the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools and first Latin woman to run for Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country \u2014 what we value, and how we\u2019ve progressed as a society,\u201d said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a recent statement. \u201cI\u2019m very proud that these coins celebrate the contributions of some of America\u2019s most remarkable women, including Maya Angelou.\u201d The new quarters will be printed through 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Stephenetta \u201cIsis\u201d Harmon Texas Metro News The late Maya Angelou is now the first Black woman to ever appear on U.S. currency. The U.S. Mint announced that a new quarter featuring the legendary poet and activist went into circulation Monday. You should be able to get your hands on one by late January. While […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[99],"class_list":["post-3802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headline","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3804,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3802\/revisions\/3804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3802"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.thetruthtoledo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=3802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}