Harriet Tubman

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/22/19
  

  Whether she’s on the $20 bill or not, Harriet Tubman made men pay for underestimating her

  She escaped slavery on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, then led hundreds of other people to freedom.

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• SOURCE: NY Times
  5/22/19
  

  Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Is Delayed Until Trump Leaves Office, Mnuchin Says

  As a presidential candidate in 2016, Mr. Trump criticized the Obama administration’s plans for the bill.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  5/23/19
  

  Trump administration's spurning of Harriet Tubman opens a new front in the monument wars

  For better or worse, there is no more important monument in any country than its money. 

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian.com
  3/26/19
  

  A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View at NMAAHC

  “I was stunned,” says director Lonnie Bunch; historic Emily Howland photo album contains dozens of other abolitionists and leaders who took an active role.

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• SOURCE: Press Release
  8-8-18
  

  Historians Urge Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Confirm Harriet Tubman on the New 20-Dollar Bill for Upcoming Anniversary of Women's Suffrage

  127 professional American historians have signed an open letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin urging that he commit to plans previously announced to replace President Andrew Jackson.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  6-5-18
  

  Harriet Tubman on the $20? Trump’s Treasury Department Won’t Commit.

  In a letter released on Tuesday, the Treasury Department praised Harriet Tubman, a former slave and abolitionist, but made no commitment on whether she would one day be the face of the $20 bill.

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• SOURCE: Vox
  5-4-18
  

  Kanye West’s Harriet Tubman tweets show how little we know about her history

  by Kate Clifford Larson

  I’m a Harriet Tubman historian. There’s a lot that West got wrong.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  4-19-18
  

  What Happened to the Plan to Put Harriet Tubman on the $20 Bill?

  Two years ago this week, the Treasury secretary announced civil rights and women’s icons would be on America’s money. Where are they?

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• 9-3-17
  

  Will Trump Upend the Plan to Replace Jackson with Tubman on the Front of the $20 Bill?

  by Jeremy J. Tewell

  She may not survive Trump extreme vetting.

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• SOURCE: CBS News (video)
  6-19-17
  

  Harriet Tubman honored

  Harriet Tubman escaped slavery at 27 and repeatedly risked her life over the next decade, returning to Maryland about a dozen times and rescuing more than 70 family members and friends. Chip Reid reports on how her legacy is being honored.

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• 3-8-17
  

  Harriet Tubman’s Very Good Year!

  by Catherine Clinton

  Now everybody wants to be right with Tubman.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  2-8-17
  

  What the Fugitive Slave Act Teaches Us About How States Can Resist Oppressive Federal Power

  by Eric Foner

  The actions of attorneys general in California and other states have their antecedents in the fight against that draconian law.

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• SOURCE: Time Magazine
  12-7-16
  

  The Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Could Make an Early Debut

  U.S. government officials say Treasury Secretary Jack Lew could release early images of redesigned $5, $10 and $20 bills in an effort to pressure the Trump Administration away from reversing their plans.

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• 6-22-16
  

  House GOP dodges vote to block Harriet Tubman from $20 bill

  GOP representative Steve King had objected that Tubman is a divisive figure and wanted to block her from $10 bill. GOP stopped him.

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• 5-24-16
  

  Money Makes History: Harriet Tubman and the Face Value of U.S.

  by Josh Lauer

  We should celebrate the coming visibility of women and African-Americans on our national currency. Symbolism counts.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  4-24-16
  

  We can celebrate Harriet Tubman without disparaging Andrew Jackson

  by Jim Webb

  Far too many of our most important discussions are being debated emotionally, without full regard for historical facts.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  4-21-16
  

  You have no idea how hardcore Harriet Tubman really was

  The former slave risked her life countless times, and even performed an ad hoc dental surgery on herself while on the road for the Underground Railroad, knocking her front tooth out with a pistol, says biographer Catherine Clinton.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  4-20-16
  

  Harriet Tubman is perfect for the $20 bill, but which Tubman?

  The antebellum abolitionist who supported John Brown and criticized Lincoln for his incrementalist approach to abolishing slavery, or the post-war figure of legend who was the subject of sentimental biographies?

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• 4-25-16
  

  The Long Journey from the Age of Jackson to Harriet Tubman on the Twenty

  by Catherine Clinton

  The biographer of Harriet Tubman recalls the long struggle to gain academic recognition of Tubman's contributions.

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• SOURCE: Salon
  4-22-16
  

  Stop clinging to the Founding Fathers: The Andrew Jackson/Hamilton/Tubman debate is really about honest history

  by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg

  Our candidate for a white guy on our currency would be Albert Gallatin, not Alexander Hamilton.