She’s also, for the first time on an officially minted coin, portrayed as a black woman ... the Mint plans to give this new version of Lady Liberty a few diverse friends.

Lady Liberty will be depicted as a black women on a coin -- the first time in the nation’s history Lady Liberty has not been a white woman -- the U.S. Treasury Department announced on Thursday.

The coin shows a black woman with braided hair wearing a ... The coin is the first in a series of coins that will feature Lady Liberty as Asian American, Hispanic American and Native American ...

The U.S. Mint has unveiled a commemorative $100 gold coin that features an image of Liberty as a black woman. WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Mint has unveiled a commemorative $100 gold coin that ...

A black Lady Liberty doesn’t make up for a woeful past, and her coin should not turn into a chance for the country — or the U.S. Mint — to pat itself on the back. Instead, it should invite a ...

The US government on Thursday issued a new commemorative collector coin featuring Lady Liberty depicted as a black woman – the first time in history that the famed symbol of Americana is ...

Black citizens of the United States might well ... to live their lives and make their choices as they saw fit. Lady Liberty looked outward, not inward, symbolically spreading the light of freedom ...

In honor of the Treasury's 225th anniversary, it unveiled a new gold coin that portrays Lady Liberty as a woman ... which portrays Liberty as a black woman wearing a crown of stars, was described ...