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Selma Burke

History

Artist Selma Burke’s 1943 Presidential Portrait Might’ve Inspired Dime Design

In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt sat for a portrait by a young African-American artist from Mooresville. Decades later, historians still want to know whether Selma Burke’s sculpture inspired the image on the dime.

by Jeremy Markovich
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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.

by Jeremy Markovich

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