The $20 bill could be getting a new face under the Biden administration, according to Biden press secretary Jen Psaki.
In a press conference Monday afternoon, Psaki said the administration was resuming the years-long effort to replace the current face, seventh President Andrew Jackson, with Tubman. The use of Jackson’s image has long been criticized for his history as a slave-owner and his administration’s policies toward Indigenous Americans. Statues bearing his likeness were the targets of protesters this summer, and the former president’s name and likeness were formally removed from some federal properties following the outcry. Read more…
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