Maya Angelou is one of 5 women to be featured on the United States quarter in 2022 in the “American Women Quarters Program” by the U.S. Mint. George Washington’s likeness will remain on one side of the coin.

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D Scot Miller first Black Editor of East Bay Express (established in 1978) in 2021.

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Mia Green, 27, Black transgender woman, shot and killed in Philadelphia, PA. 9/18/2020.

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Kee Sam Black transgender woman shot and killed in Lafayette, LA on August 12, 2020.

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Aerrion Burnett, 37, Black transgender woman shot and killed in Independence, MO on September 19, 2020.

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Lea Rayshon Daye, 28, Black transgender woman, died in Cleveland, OH on August 30, 2020.

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Aja Raquel Rhone Spears, Black transgender woman stabbed to death on July 28, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.

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Dior H Ova aka Tiffany Harris), 32, Black transgender woman, killed July 26, 2020 in Bronx, NY.

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Queasha D Hardy, 22. Black transgender woman, shot and killed on July 27,2020 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Brayla Stone, 17, Black transgender girl, killed June 25, 2020 in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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