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Maya Angelou becomes first black woman to appear on US coin
Deutsche Welle ^
| 01.11.2022
| lo/wmr (AP, AFP, Reuters)
Posted on 01/11/2022 11:10:30 PM PST by Olog-hai
The United States Mint has started distributing quarters featuring the image of Maya Angelou , making the poet and activist the first (b)lack woman to appear on US currency.
“Each time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country, what we value and how we’ve progressed as a society,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
Angelou is depicted with outstretched arms on the quarter. Behind her are a bird in flight and a rising sun, images inspired by her poetry. […]
The US mint is planning to issue 20 quarters over four years honoring women and their achievements.
Other women set to appear on the coins include Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Wilma Mankiller, first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation; Nina Otero-Warren, a suffrage leader; and Anna May Wong, a Chinese-American film star. …
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: angelou; castro; jonstewart; kentucky; lousypoet; mayaangelou; mitchmcconnell; numismatics; obamalegacy; paulkrugman
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To: mabarker1
The Navajo Code Talkers are on special U.S. coinage at the moment.
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01/12/2022 5:58:17 PM PST
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fieldmarshaldj
(Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
To: xp38
Sally isn’t on the coin because she’s the first woman in space. She’s on the coin because she is (was) lesbian.
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01/12/2022 6:00:53 PM PST
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fieldmarshaldj
(Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
To: backwoods-engineer
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01/12/2022 6:02:01 PM PST
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fieldmarshaldj
(Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
01/12/2022 8:05:01 PM PST
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xp38
To: xp38
First American woman in space.
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01/12/2022 11:04:19 PM PST
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fieldmarshaldj
(Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
To: Olog-hai
And from this mass psychotics not far off from them accepting the AntiChrist on “coinage” Not far off at all.
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01/12/2022 11:11:50 PM PST
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Varsity Flight
( "War by the prophesies set before you." I Timothy 1:18)
To: vexit
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01/12/2022 11:47:39 PM PST
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Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: fieldmarshaldj
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01/13/2022 2:28:02 AM PST
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mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
To: Olog-hai
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01/13/2022 10:45:02 PM PST
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rxh4n1
To: Olog-hai
The rock, the river, the tree, paper, scissors.
To: dead
To: Yardstick
Very good. I remember that guy. I think he started on Living Color. Very funny.
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01/14/2022 9:31:34 AM PST
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dead
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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