Maya Angelo’s picture in the US. On the coin

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New York: A coin bearing the image of famous poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelo has been unveiled in the United States. Released. She was the first black woman to appear on an American coin. U.S. Treasury Agency The Mint issued the coin on Monday.

Last year, the government decided to issue coins bearing the image of prominent women in the history of the country. The first coin in the series was released on Monday. She was born in 1928 in Missouri, USA. He has authored several popular poems, including ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Singing’.

She is also known as a singer, actress, playwright and film director. He worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the fight for black rights. Died May 28, 2014.

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