Maya Angelou becomes first black woman to be featured on US quarter

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Late American author and activist is the first to feature in a coin series honouring US women

The US Mint has started rolling out quarters which feature late American author and activist Maya Angelou, the first Black woman to appear on the coin.

Angelou was born in Missouri in 1928 and became an essayist and poet who worked with Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X during the Civil Rights Movement.At age 7, Angelou was raped by her mother’s boyfriend, who was later beaten to death in an assault that some believed was carried out by Angelou’s uncles. The trauma of the rape and her assailant’s death left Angelou mute for six years. She began writing during that period.

“I'm very proud that these coins celebrate the contributions of some of America’s most remarkable women, including Maya Angelou.”at the 1993 inauguration of former president Bill Clinton.

 

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