Maya Angelou: Poet is first black woman on US quarter
The civil rights activist and writer is the first in a series of US women honoured on the US quarter.
Image source, US Treasury
The US Treasury has minted coins featuring poet Maya Angelou - the first black woman ever featured on the US 25-cent coin known as a quarter.
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