Eight years after her death, acclaimed poet, author and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has landed another historic honor. She is now the first Black woman ever to appear on an official United States coin.
CNN’s Sarah Fortinsky and Devan Cole reported that a new U.S. quarter featuring the late Angelou began being circulated by the United States Mint on Jan. 10.
“The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will include coins featuring prominent women in American history,” Fortinsky and Cole said. “Other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year.”