Traditionally portrayed as white, this is the first time the United States Mint will represent Lady Liberty as a black woman.
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New national monuments mark civil rights struggle, Reconstruction era – Politico
President Barack Obama has designated three new national monuments in Alabama and South Carolina to commemorate key events in the country’s Reconstruction era and civil rights movement, the White House announced on Thursday.
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The Smithsonian’s African American Museum Tells the Myriad Stories of Black Heroism – Hyperallergic
Being among such a dizzying selection of uplifting stories, you cannot avoid the conclusion that America would not be what it is without all the people represented here.
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