Tubman’s freedom fight deserves currency honor: Your Say
The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Facebook comments edited for clarity and grammar:
If we can place wealthy slave owners on our money, why not an iconic black woman who fought for freedom for all regardless of color or ancestry?
—Damon Walton
Amazing all the outcry about how “unfair” it is to put someone like Tubman on a bill. What is this country coming to?
—Tablescraps
A Native American would be a much better choice. What about a Latino or an Asian? Why not one of them?
—Ray Fleming
I was pulling for first lady Eleanor Roosevelt to be placed on the $20 bill. She was President Franklin Roosevelt’s conscience and had as much of a positive influence on our history as any figure I can think of.
I’m happy to see a person of color on American currency. And as great as President Abraham Lincoln was, I see no need to have him on two pieces of currency. Removing him from one would leave room for Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Thurgood Marshall — all good candidates.
Tubman’s contribution to our history was important. But to me, she doesn’t resonate today in the same way as the others I mentioned.
—Patrick Wiley