The face on the $20 bill will change from slave holder, Andrew Jackson, to a Black woman who freed slaves, Harriet Tubman. Civil rights leaders will also be featured on the $5 bill while women in support of voters' rights are slated to appear on the back of the $10 bill.
The $10 bill, which features founding father Alexander Hamilton, will remain on the note -- no doubt due to Hamilton's new popularity with the hit Broadway play of the same name.
The revolutionary news comes by way of Politico, who caught onto the news from a Treasury official who said the announcement from The Treasury Department is coming Wednesday afternoon. Although the change has been a long time coming. A petition, dubbed 'Women On 20s', launched last year to change the dreadful note that features one of the worst presidents of the United States.
Jackson, who served as the 7th president of the United States, is remembered for actively forcing thousands of Native Americans out of their land with the Indian Removal Act causing the death of many in the Trail of Tears.
Tubman on the other hand, risked her life to make at least thirteen trips to bring men, women and children to the North to gain their freedom with the use of the Underground Railroad. All with a price on her head by fearful slave owners. The fierce woman also worked as a spy for The Union during the American Civil War and later fought for women's voter's rights in the suffrage movement.
One thing is for sure, tweeters can't wait to get their hands on the new bill. "Harriet Tubman" started trending immediately after the news spread. Unfortunately, we won't get to see the new designs from The Bureau of Engraving and Printing until 2020 when it's made public.
Source: nytimes.com
