We were promised a Black woman on the $20 bill … The writer and poet Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to have her likeness depicted on the quarter, the first in a series of coins commemorating pioneering American women that began shipping this week, the U.S. Mint announced Monday. … The coin… Read more.
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In Putting Tubman on $20 Bill, Biden Rebuking Trump, Upstaging Obama
The Biden administration is accelerating steps to feature abolitionist hero Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, a change announced during the Obama administration that stalled under President Donald Trump. ‘We’re exploring ways to speed up that effort,’ White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters Monday. Psaki said it’s important the nation’s currency ‘reflect the history… Read more.
Re $20 Bill: Trump Sides with White Slave Owner Over Black Abolitionist… Duh
As President Trump boasted of his administration’s accomplishments at a campaign rally Monday in Johnson City, Tenn., he also touted something he hasn’t done: replace Andrew Jackson’s portrait on the $20 bill with a likeness of [Harriet]Tubman, the African-American icon who ran the Underground Railroad that helped Southern slaves escape to freedom in the North.… Read more.