WEBVTT - 081724 Way Black History Fact - Celia Cruz...the New Face of the Quarter

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, though, It's time for the Way Black History

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to share with you a bit from Time magazine. First,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'll start here. The limited edition Celia Cruz quoters

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<v Speaker 1>are officially in circulation starting Monday, the first US coins

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<v Speaker 1>to feature an Afro Latina figure. So this is kind

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<v Speaker 1>of ebony excellence, kind of way Black History fact that'll

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<v Speaker 1>come later. Give me a second, all right. Cruz, the

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<v Speaker 1>four time Latin Grammy Award winner known for her salsa

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<v Speaker 1>hits including Lavida Essuna Carnival and La Negratienne Tumbao, was

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<v Speaker 1>selected as one of twenty women whose image will appear

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<v Speaker 1>on the back of a quarter as part of the

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<v Speaker 1>American Women's Quarters Program AWQP. Other twenty twenty four recipients

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<v Speaker 1>include doctor Mary Edwards Walker, a surgeon an abolitionist, and

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<v Speaker 1>Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first Asian American woman to serve

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<v Speaker 1>in Congress. The Elizabeth C. Babcock, director of the Smithsonian

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<v Speaker 1>American Women's History Museum, says the AWQP is another way

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<v Speaker 1>to document history. Quote, it's been an absolutely amazing opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>for us to help in our mission, which is to

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<v Speaker 1>make sure that as we think about American history, we

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<v Speaker 1>tell the complete history, which obviously includes the story of

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<v Speaker 1>the many ways women have been a part of our

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<v Speaker 1>history and continue being involved unquote, she says. The US

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<v Speaker 1>Mint says they cannot predict the exact amount of Celiacruz

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<v Speaker 1>quarters they will ship out, as that depends on orders

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<v Speaker 1>they receive from the Federal Reserve, but they say typically

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<v Speaker 1>they produce anywhere between two hundred and five hundred million

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<v Speaker 1>of each quarter. Quarters with the Queen of Salsa are

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<v Speaker 1>only going to be made for a limited time until

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<v Speaker 1>mid October. Quote. We will continue to mint Seliacruz quarters

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<v Speaker 1>until we transition to our next honoree. After that, no

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<v Speaker 1>more Celiacruz quarters will be minted. Women have long been

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<v Speaker 1>underrepresented when it comes to national currency. The first woman

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<v Speaker 1>to be featured on a US coin was Spanish Queen

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<v Speaker 1>Isabella in eighteen ninety three, though the next coin with

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<v Speaker 1>a female figure would not come again until nineteen seventy nine,

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<v Speaker 1>per the US Mint. To combat this, Congress passed the

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<v Speaker 1>Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of twenty twenty, which are

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<v Speaker 1>authorized the US meant to create new designs on the

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<v Speaker 1>quarter dollar coin to commemorate five American women a year.

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<v Speaker 1>That program has been running since twenty twenty two and

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<v Speaker 1>will come to an end in twenty twenty five, and

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<v Speaker 1>the next reading comes from US mint dot Org. In

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy four, Cruz joined a new record label, Fania,

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<v Speaker 1>which was devoted solely to the genre she was in.

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<v Speaker 1>She was the only woman in the Fania All Stars

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<v Speaker 1>and one of few women to succeed in the male

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<v Speaker 1>dominated salsa world. She also appeared in several Hollywood movies

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<v Speaker 1>and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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<v Speaker 1>Cruz's numerous honors and awards include four Latin Grammy Awards,

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<v Speaker 1>a Presidential Medal of Arts, and three Grammy Awards, including

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<v Speaker 1>posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy. She was inducted into Billboard's Latin

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<v Speaker 1>Music Hall of Fame and the International Latin Music Hall

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<v Speaker 1>of Fame. Celia Cruz died in New Jersey on July sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and three. Her song's performances and spirit remained

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<v Speaker 1>international treasures Cruz's influence reached well beyond her music. She

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<v Speaker 1>was and is a cultural icon celebrating her Cuban culture,

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<v Speaker 1>which helped her other April Latino Americans embrace their heritage.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to share something with you that maybe I

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<v Speaker 1>haven't shared on the show, but my grandma's from Cuba

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<v Speaker 1>and Celyi Acruz is her and her being on a

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<v Speaker 1>quarter is something that I wish my grandma could have

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<v Speaker 1>lived to see. So this is indeed ebony excellence. This

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<v Speaker 1>is of course a way Black history fact. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you get a chance to listen to some of Celia A.

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<v Speaker 1>Cruz's music, especially Labina essnor Carnovo, which is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the big song that she's known for, it's such a

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<v Speaker 1>happy song and it's such a danceable song if you're

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<v Speaker 1>into dancing, and you don't have to be good at dancing,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's a really good song. And if you hear it,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll know it because it's when they say she's a

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<v Speaker 1>cultural icon, she absolutely is. So as soon as you

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<v Speaker 1>hear the first few notes, you'll be like, oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>know this song. This is a great song. She's the

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<v Speaker 1>one singing it, and we're happy to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>share this with you today