The Currency of Change: the African American Experience

Marian Anderson 5000
Currency and coins, mediums of exchange, can represent the social barometer and political climate of its country.  Currency and coinage are also visual mediums that reflect the identity of that country's people, while celebrating significant events of its progressive growth.

The Currency of Change exhibit is a 25-panel overview, of African Americans on monetary instruments issued by the U.S. Treasury and the U.S. Mint.  It shows the influence and impact of African American educators, politicians, athletes, scientists, war heroes, entertainers musicians, and social activists, upon American history.

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The lineup of Change Agents:

Duke Elliington
  • Duke Ellington
  • Blanche K. Bruce
  • Judson W. Lyons
  • William T. Vernon
  • James C. Napier
  • Azie Taylor Morton
  • Booker T. Washington
  • George Washington Carver
  • Isaac Scott Hathaway
  • Joe Louis
  • Roy Wilkins
  • Jesse Owens
  • Little Rock Nine of Central High School
  • Rosa Parks
  • Dorothy Height
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Tuskegee Airmen
  • Jackie Robinson
  • Marian Anderson
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Crispus Attucks
  • Dr. Martin L. King, Jr.
  • Maggie Lena Walker
  • Dr. Selma H. Burke
"Never knew that Marian Anderson and Louis Armstrong had gold coins issued by the U.S. Mint. I was also blown away by knowing that Marian Anderson and Dr. King were honored on U.S. Savings Bonds." - Henry Jenkins