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An African American will for the
very first time be among the faces on the country’s paper currency. This is indeed
another black history in the United States of America.
And just in case you think history
can’t be poetic, Harriet Tubman once staged a hunger strike to get $20 to bring
her parents to freedom.
Tubman has been called the perfect
choice as the first American woman to go on the $20 bill, as a result of her
unforgettable work to end both slavery and promote women’s suffrage.
The new designs from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are set to be made public in 2020, just in time for the 100-year anniversary of woman's suffrage in the United States. None of the new bills will be put into circulation until the next decade.
The long wait to come has not affected the excitement people are feeling over the news, and many have already taken to Twitter to celebrate.
The $20 note is the perfect choice for Tubman, as the denomination of currency played an important role in Tubman
rescuing her own father, who was on trial for helping slaves escape to
freedom.
Slave-holding former president Andrew Jackson won't disappear from the bill entirely, though, and will still remain on the face of the currency.
The decision to put Tubman, and other diverse American heroes, on our money is decades overdue, but Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is being praised for taking a huge step in the right direction. Now Tubman will not only be remembered for ferrying thousands of slaves to freedom, but will also be the first woman to come out of an ATM.
The new designs from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are set to be made public in 2020, just in time for the 100-year anniversary of woman's suffrage in the United States. None of the new bills will be put into circulation until the next decade.
The long wait to come has not affected the excitement people are feeling over the news, and many have already taken to Twitter to celebrate.
Slave-holding former president Andrew Jackson won't disappear from the bill entirely, though, and will still remain on the face of the currency.
The decision to put Tubman, and other diverse American heroes, on our money is decades overdue, but Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew is being praised for taking a huge step in the right direction. Now Tubman will not only be remembered for ferrying thousands of slaves to freedom, but will also be the first woman to come out of an ATM.
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