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Harriet Tubman to join Andrew Jackson on $20 bill
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April 21, 2016
Harriet Tubman scholar: $20 "might make people think twice about the legacy of slavery"
Vox spoke with a Harriet Tubman scholar to weigh in on the new face of American currency.
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April 21, 2016
The controversy over Harriet Tubman, Andrew Jackson, and the $20 bill, explained
A symbolic shift that explains all of American politics.
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April 21, 2016
Trump on Tubman: "pure political correctness." Trump on Jackson: "tremendous success."
His answer was horrifying on multiple levels.
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April 21, 2016
The US is finally putting a woman on the $20 bill — but 48 other countries beat us to it
When we crawled through the data of 180 different currencies, what we found was bleak: only 9 percent of the world's bills feature a woman. And Queen Elizabeth II is on two-thirds of them.
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April 21, 2016
Stephen Colbert shows us the absurd stuff we put on American money — before Harriet Tubman
Cyclops pyramids were on American money before black people and women.
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April 21, 2016
Harriet Tubman once staged a sit-in to get $20. The Treasury just gave her all of them.
How Tubman got the $20 she needed to rescue her own father from slavery.
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April 20, 2016
Harriet Tubman’s incredible life as a Civil War spy, explained by a hilarious (and drunk) comedian
We rarely talk about one of Tubman's most impressive feats.
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April 20, 2016
Andrew Jackson was a slaver, ethnic cleanser, and tyrant. He deserves no place on our money.
Keeping him is a travesty.
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April 20, 2016
Harriet Tubman will be on the front of the $20 bill, with Andrew Jackson on the back
Rest easy, Hamilton fans: He'll stay on the $10.
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April 20, 2016
Watch: Jay Smooth explains why celebrating Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill is tricky
It's worth noting that tying Harriet Tubman to American money is complicated.
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April 20, 2016
The only time Harriet Tubman was in a major feature film, there were vampires in it too
While the man she's replacing on the $20 bill was in something called The Gorgeous Hussy.