Today in 1785, the US Congress decided that the name of our country’s currency would be the dollar. Getting to that point was kind of a trek. Plus: today in 1957, a Black sports heroine won herself some gold.
The Almighty Dollar (AdamSmith.org)
Althea Gibson: Tennis Turmoil and Triumph (Library of Congress)
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