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  1. Oct 6, 2021 · The Maya Angelou Quarter is the first coin in the American Women Quarters™ Program. Maya Angelou was a celebrated writer, performer, and social activist. She rose to international prominence as an author after the publication of her groundbreaking autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.”. Angelou’s published works of verse, non ...

  2. Jan 11, 2022 · Jan. 11, 2022. The writer and poet Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to have her likeness depicted on the quarter, the first in a series of coins commemorating pioneering American ...

    • Livia Albeck-Ripka
  3. Jan 14, 2022 · January 14, 2022. Maya Angelou, pictured here in 2008, became the first Black woman to feature on a U.S. quarter this week. The celebrated poet and author died in 2014. Photo by Jemal Countess ...

    • Nora Mcgreevy
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  5. Jan 11, 2022 · The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will feature other prominent women in U.S. history. The other quarters in the series will begin rolling out ...

  6. Jan 11, 2022 · A new US quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou went into circulation Monday, the US Mint announced, making the legendary poet and activist the first Black woman ever to appear on the coin.

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