Sculptor and educator Selma Burke was born on this day in Mooresville, North Carolina. She gained national recognition after being commissioned to create a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a project she won through a competition sponsored by the Fine Arts Commission in Washington, D.C. Her completed work—a bronze plaque—was later unveiled and installed, and is often cited as the inspiration for Roosevelt’s image on the U.S. dime.
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