A new U.S. quarter featuring the late poet Maya Angelou went into circulation on Monday, the U.S. Mint announced.
The now-circulating quarter honoring Maya Angelou is pictured in a provided image. The quarters are manufactured at the Mint facilities in Philadelphia and Denver. A new U.S. quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou officially went into circulation this week, making the American author, poet and Civil Rights activist the first Black woman to be featured on the 25 cent coin.
The new coin is part of the U.S. Mint’s American Woman Quarters Program, which began this year and will continue through 2025 — honoring various trailblazing women and their achievements in a variety of fields. Angelou, who died in 2014 at the age of 86, rose to prominence with the publication of her groundbreaking 1969 autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." She went on to publish more than 30 bestselling titles and was the recipient of more than 30 honorary degrees, the U.S. MintAngelou read "On the Pulse of Morning" at the 1992 inauguration of President Bill Clinton, marking the first time an African American woman wrote and presented a poem at the event.
Other honorees in 2022 will be physicist and first woman astronaut Sally Ride, and Wilma Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. Also honored this year will be Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement and the first female superintendent of Santa Fe public schools, and Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood.
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