Celia Cruz 1st Afro Latina on US quarter

The World

US quarters depicting Cuban American singer Celia Cruz have been released and are now in circulation. The image is of her face, microphone in hand singing. Cruz died in 2003. The World’s Marco Werman brings us the story. 

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