Currency of Change

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The Currency of Change: the African American Experience

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 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