WASHINGTON — The fight to put Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill by 2020 has been revived with the introduction of bipartisan legislation in the House co-sponsored by Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Baltimore.
“Too often, our nation does not do enough to honor the contributions of women in American history, especially women of color,” Cummings said. “I am proud to introduce this bill with Rep. (John) Katko (R-N.Y.) to honor Harriet Tubman’s role in making America a more free and more equal society.”
The bill comes almost 17 months after then-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that Tubman, a famous Underground Railroad abolitionist who was born as a Maryland slave, would replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill.
Lew’s department pledged support to putting women on American currency through changes to the $5 and $10 bills as well.
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32 comments:
A real american muskrat
We've had enough of that Obama crap!
Ok. Harriet Tubman is a "hero" of the Civil War, right?
So isn't creating a memorial to her racist? Why are we removing/destroying everything else related to the war but honoring her??
she was an evil wench. Look her up.
anything to distract from the failed state his constituents are in!
I hope its a better picture of her than this.
I want Robert E Lee on a $500 bill and her on the food stamp bill
She really offends me. Should not be on anything including state park. Tear it doen
Never carry a $20 bill if this happens
He needs to stop wasting valuable oxygen!
i don't see the big deal here.
Financially, they should do it. Look what happened with the state quarters. But make it for a limited time.
With all the bull going on now, this is a disgrace to even consider.
The ten dollar bill will become WAAAAAY more popular if that happens.
I say do it, at the rate things are going the 20 bill won't even be worth the paper and ink it will take to change over
They will start changing the bill's like they did quarters and nickels and pennies.
I tell you what Mr Cummings. Pay the $800000.00 you owe in back property taxes and maybe we'll think about it.
This woman was DIRECTLY involved with slavery. We don't need a $20 bill to remind us every day about slavery. It would be repulsive.
This woman was a criminal, she broke the law. She didn't agree with the law, and violated it. "Granted, many agreed with her" but still it was the law, valid till repealed.
Should we build monuments to Abortion Clinic Bombers? They are disregarding a law they don't agree with.
Dead issue, NOT going to happen.
So what'd she rescue 65 people? How is she any more deserving? This is forith nothing better to do.
I'm offended.
If it does happen, there is an underground movement to deface every $20 the members get with the "N" word stamped on them. Forcing the Bureau of engraving and printing to remake millions of bills costing much money!
Very cheap to deface the bills, just a black perminate marker!
Then you are the fool. Im going to carry money any way it comes. I do it now and idgaf about the dead slave owners gracing currency now.
You are right. She escaped from it.
But I need all the coin and paper currency I currently use to remind me of it? Gtfoh
Lol so are a great majority of your presidents and politicians past and present
And I want Malcom X on a $1000 & Andrew Jackson on a syringe
Seriously! Do we need that scraggly old looking criminal. This woman murdered white people who got in her way to steal these slaves.
This is exactly what ANTIFA and Black Lives Matters wants us to do. She is not a President and she isn't presidential material.
I say HELL NO!
Lets have a Trump $20 bill instead !!!!
Almost nobody cares whose faces are on currency, either coin or paper.
Great, support a criminal,and on our currency, Why would we even think of supporting that pinky on a 20.00 bill
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