The United States Mint is continuing to use its coinage to celebrate the legacies of unsung heroines who have left their mark on American history. Amongst the latest collective of luminaries who will have their likenesses featured on a quarter is civil rights activist Pauli Murray.
Murray’s transformative contributions to advancing racial and gender equality will be celebrated through the 2024 American Women Quarters Program. The coin series was cultivated to spread awareness about the pivotal strides influential women have made throughout history.
Murray—the first Black woman to become an ordained Episcopal priest—was a fierce advocate for social justice. The Baltimore native, who was a lawyer, activist, and scholar, led efforts around the desegregation of public spaces amid the civil rights movement. After completing her post-graduate work at UC Berkeley School of Law, she published the book States’ Laws on Race and Color which served as a foundational element that shaped the civil rights movement.
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