Comments on: Duke Ellington First Solo Black On U.S. Coin In Circulation http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/24/duke-ellington-first-solo-black-on-us-coin-in-circulation/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:40:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Raijin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/24/duke-ellington-first-solo-black-on-us-coin-in-circulation/#comment-138787 Raijin Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:00:41 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=13079#comment-138787 So, the first African-American on a coin is not Dr. Martin Luther King, or Frederick Douglass, or Garrett Morgan, or George Washington Carver, but an <i>entertainer.</i> Color me thoroughly unimpressed. So, the first African-American on a coin is not Dr. Martin Luther King, or Frederick Douglass, or Garrett Morgan, or George Washington Carver, but an entertainer.

Color me thoroughly unimpressed.

]]> By: Jack J. http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/24/duke-ellington-first-solo-black-on-us-coin-in-circulation/#comment-138673 Jack J. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:56:57 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=13079#comment-138673 A well deserved honor for "The Duke". A well deserved honor for “The Duke”.

]]> By: Parthenon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/24/duke-ellington-first-solo-black-on-us-coin-in-circulation/#comment-138634 Parthenon Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:38:43 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=13079#comment-138634 That's cool. Other countries put their philsophers and artists on money; we just have president after president. And Franklin. That’s cool. Other countries put their philsophers and artists on money; we just have president after president. And Franklin.

]]> By: jr http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/02/24/duke-ellington-first-solo-black-on-us-coin-in-circulation/#comment-138620 jr Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:21:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=13079#comment-138620 "the reparations have begun"-Glenn Reynolds “the reparations have begun”-Glenn Reynolds

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