The mural first went viral when 3-year-old “Lovie” Hope Duncan was photographed by her grandmother extending her own brown left hand to touch the brown painted hand of Harriet Tubman. The mural of Tubman is 14 feet high and 24 feet wide, showing her in a reddish-colored braided headwrap, layered clothing,…
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Archived: Trump Repeats Racist-Misogynist Pocahontas Slur Under Andrew 'Indian Killer' Jackson's Portrait at Native American Veterans' Event
During a White House event to honor surviving Navajo code talkers, President Donald Trump took the opportunity to use the name of Pocahontas of the Pamunkey Indian Tribe in Virginia to continue his ongoing dispute with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and his trend of disrespecting women. Trump and the three…
Archived: Trump: Put Tubman on $2 Bill
While all of Republican party presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remaining election opponents have come out in support of the decision to feature civil rights icon Harriet Tubman on the face of the $20 bill, Trump expressed disappointment in the U.S. Department of Treasury’s decision to bump former President Andrew Jackson…
Archived: Harriet Tubman to Change the Face of U.S. Currency
Abolitionist leader Harriet Tubman will be featured on the front of a new $20 bill. Tubman now makes history as the first woman highlighted prominently on U.S. paper currency. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said in an open letter on Wednesday the decision to put Tubman on the new $20 “was…
Archived: Harriet Tubman To Be On The $20 Bill
President Andrew Jackson’s run as the face of the $20 bill may be coming to an end. Women On 20s, also known as W20, an organization dedicated to putting a woman on the $20 bill, recently compiled a list of prominent females who they see fit to take Jackson’s place….