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Away Message’s Season 3, Episode 3: Stop Making Cents

Did a black woman from Mooresville create the image of President Roosevelt on the dime? A search for the truth reveals the facts that matter, and the facts that don’t.

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A woman from Mooresville became Mecklenburg County’s first black nurse. Then she became a prolific and well-respected artist. Along the way, she got President Franklin D. Roosevelt to sit for her, and the relief sculpture she created looks very similar to the likeness that’s on the dime. Is it hers? Or is it a coincidence?

This story was published on May 24, 2019

Jeremy Markovich

Jeremy Markovich

Jeremy Markovich is a writer and the host of Our State's podcast, Away Message. He lives in Oak Ridge.