Biden administration revives effort to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

[LetMyPeopleVote]

This is a good move by the Biden Administration

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/25/harriet-tubman-20-dollar-bill/

The $20 bill is getting a new — but familiar — face.

The Biden administration will resume the process to add famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman to the note, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during her Monday news briefing. A Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed the change.

Tubman will become the first Black person on the face of American paper currency and the first woman in generations; Martha Washington appeared on a $1 bill in the 1890s, and Pocahontas was in a group picture on the $20 bill in the 1860s, according to Reuters.

It’s not clear whether Tubman would replace or join President Andrew Jackson on the bill. The White House declined to comment further on the plans.

“The Treasury Department is taking steps to resume efforts to put Harriet Tubman on the front of the new $20 notes,” Psaki said. “It’s important that our notes … reflect the history and diversity of our country, and Harriet Tubman’s image gracing the new $20 note would certainly reflect that. So we’re exploring ways to speed up that effort.

[hlthe2b]

1. So, if successful, will the racists go for a $20 bonfire, like they do books they don't like?

Ahh, the dilemma.

[niyad]

2. Article published Jan 2021 ( even without checking, with Jen listed as

press secretary, we know this is not recent).

[ColinC]

3. Won't happen till 2030 according to Janet Yellen