The Mint’s 250th anniversary coins face a whitewashing controversy

The U.S. Mint began circulating new coins this week in celebration of the United States’ 250th anniversary. These semiquincentennial coins are generating headlines for what they do not depict as much as for what they do: The coin designs omitted notable moments in women’s history, the civil rights movement and more, in what some are calling a whitewashing effort by the Mint. And many are pointing to the Trump administration as the culprit.

What do these coins depict?

The coins feature...