Pauli Murray, the groundbreaking human rights activist who spent much of her early life in Durham, will be featured on United States quarters in 2024, the U.S. Mint announced Wednesday.
Murray’s quarter is being issued as part of the Mint’s American Women Quarters Program, which began last year and “features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of American women.”
“The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of individuals honored through this program reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts,” the Mint’s description of the program reads.
