Acclaimed poet Maya Angelou is still getting her flowers years after her passing. The trailblazer will be the first Black woman featured on a United States currency. The coins with the poet’s likeness have shipped out to banks this week. The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter in the “American Women Quarters Program,” a […]
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