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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. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: angelou; castro; jonstewart; kentucky; lousypoet; mayaangelou; mitchmcconnell; numismatics; obamalegacy; paulkrugman
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To: Olog-hai

Wooden nickle?


21 posted on 01/11/2022 11:47:19 PM PST by LibWhacker
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To: Telepathic Intruder; All

“There’s a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

Maya Angelou”

Facts can obscure and destroy the false narratives a lousy poet wishes to bamboozle others with!

The Anti Angelou!


22 posted on 01/11/2022 11:47:49 PM PST by mdmathis6 (Having the Conch shell is no longer recognized by Dem "Flies" as giving one authority to speak.)
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To: dead

bang bang...
he shot you down.....


23 posted on 01/11/2022 11:50:39 PM PST by mdmathis6 (Having the Conch shell is no longer recognized by Dem "Flies" as giving one authority to speak.)
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To: dead

Amy Schneider. Don’t give them any ideas. Next you’ll be suggesting they honor Rachel Levine, the first “female” 4-star general.


24 posted on 01/11/2022 11:53:04 PM PST by KittyKares (Trump put us in the room; now we're putting ourselves in the room. - Steve Bannon)
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To: KittyKares

He’ll have to die first.


25 posted on 01/11/2022 11:58:32 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: Olog-hai

needs a barf alert


26 posted on 01/11/2022 11:59:54 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BigEdLB

I’m sure they’ll have to come up with at least three more black women before the series ends. Maybe she’ll make it.


27 posted on 01/12/2022 12:02:39 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: lefty-lie-spy

Racists in the media capitalize the word “black” and no other racial group to express superiority of blacks over other races.

The poster declined to participate in the racism.


28 posted on 01/12/2022 12:04:43 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: dfwgator

And Oswald Bates.


29 posted on 01/12/2022 12:06:33 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog
Florence Price: Symphony #1 in e minor
30 posted on 01/12/2022 12:09:09 AM PST by BigEdLB (Let’s go Brandon!)
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To: KittyKares

https://nation.time.com/2012/08/13/female-generals-the-pentagons-first-pair-of-four-star-women/


31 posted on 01/12/2022 12:10:56 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: KittyKares

William Charles Rogers before he became chief did in
fact appear in court—Judge Parker. Claimed self
defense in the murder of a deputy during a period
of high attrition numbers. RIP deputy Taylor.
Remember the “never meet a man he didn’t like’ phrase?
That was Will Rogers uncle and his dad bailed him out.


32 posted on 01/12/2022 12:14:56 AM PST by Scram1
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To: BigEdLB

I’ll give it a listen tomorrow. Regardless, Whitney Houston probably has a better chance of being honored on a quarter in woke America.


33 posted on 01/12/2022 12:15:04 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: dead

Search comes back to your post. Brutal parody....


34 posted on 01/12/2022 12:19:21 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: mdmathis6

The moral relativity that Democrats, therefore a lot of black culture, embrace often lead them to the conclusion that facts can be uncomfortable because they can’t be twisted or manipulated based on how they feel. If you want to believe that blacks are victims of privileged white people, for example, facts show that blacks commit far more violent crimes than their population percentage, and are also allowed into colleges far above their population percentage. Facts don’t paint the type of picture they prefer.


35 posted on 01/12/2022 12:36:48 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Olog-hai

Maya Angelou becomes first low grade moron to appear on US coin


36 posted on 01/12/2022 12:42:58 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: fieldmarshaldj; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; carriage_hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...
We need to go back to putting Indians and female “Liberty” models on our coinage again.

Can’t do that, has anyone noticed that Aunt Jemima Syrup and Pancake Mix is now marketed/sold under Pearl Milling Company now ?

Pearl Milling Company, known as Aunt Jemima from 1889 to 2021, is a brand of pancake mix, syrup, and other breakfast foods. (Per Wikipedia)

132 Years with negligible, if any complaints about the Name and Image. Probably not going to matter anyway because soon there won’t be any on the shelves to buy.

Next will be the scrubbing of anything about The Navaho Code Talkers that helped defeat the Japanese in WWII...

37 posted on 01/12/2022 12:43:13 AM PST by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !!!!)
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To: dead

“By punching him, you tried to reason.”

BRAINDEAD


38 posted on 01/12/2022 12:46:43 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: Olog-hai

And I will refuse any change that contains her image as she was a racist and proved it. During Bill Clinton’s inaugural she recited a poem she wrote and named every race...except white people. F that witch with a donkey richard.


39 posted on 01/12/2022 12:58:24 AM PST by ProfessorGoldiloxx
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To: lefty-lie-spy

The original way it was written was “Black”, i.e. the capitalized anti-white racist form. The parentheses are one way of indicating that the original text did not appear that way.


40 posted on 01/12/2022 1:07:27 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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