Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says it's time to put abolitionist and Black writer Frederick Douglass on a U.S. currency bill — after Harriet Tubman is added to the $20 bill.
Harvard historian Henry Louis Gates, Jr. says it's time to put abolitionist and Black writer Frederick Douglass on a U.S. currency bill — afterBlack intellectuals and activists have been pressing for more images of Black Americans in U.S. currency, public spaces, and national parks in recent years.Subscribe for freeGates told Axios that Douglass has already far outlasted the political and historical moment in which he lived and remains essential to the nation today.
"Was Douglass sometimes conservative, by today’s political standards Absolutely! Was he sometimes radical? Of course, that goes without saying."This season, the series, which looks at the family history of celebrities and political leaders, will examine the backgrounds of Broadway stars Leslie Odom, Jr. and Nathan Lane.which is streaming on HBO Max.and into slavery in 1818, Douglass taught himself to read after receiving some lessons from a white wife of a slaveholder.
A U.S. Treasury official told Axios that since a commission tasked with redesigning the $20 bill met in 2013 during the Obama Administration, the 2030 date has always been the target to test counterfeiting and safety protocols.19th-century abolitionist Tubman was a well-known “conductor” on the Underground Railroad who led enslaved people to freedom.
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