Congressman seeks to block changes to US currency
A Republican congressman is trying to block the Treasury from redesigning U.S. currency, a move that could prevent the government from replacing Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20 a deeply symbolic move
Growing up in Oklahoma, Becky Hobbs noticed some of her Cherokee elders wouldn’t even touch a $20 bill because they so despised Andrew Jackson. To this day, the 66-year-old songwriter pokes him in the face whenever she gets one.
Oprah rejoices as Harriet Tubman selected
“I love it,” Oprah Winfrey shouted, pumping her fist in the air.
Historic makeover: Harriet Tubman to be face on $20 bill
U.S. paper money is getting a historic makeover.
Should woman go on $10 bill or $20 bill?
Should Andrew Jackson, America’s seventh president, be worried? Is it true that his days on the $20 bill may be numbered?
O.J. Simpson case at 20: Views in black and white
The O.J. Simpson murder trial exposed many painful truths. None hit harder than the idea that white and black people often look at the same facts and see different realities.
Corinth woman enters guilty plea to passing phony money
A Booneville woman faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to passing a counterfeit bill at a supermarket in Corinth.