The way working Americans (and rappers alike) view and talk about their money is set to change forever.
There have been rumors for years of proposed amendments and alterations as to who graces the faces of United States currency and it appears that reality is coming into fruition.
The Washington Post reports that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill in upcoming iterations of the legal tender. According to NPR, Jackson’s likeness will still remain on the back of the printed money.
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At any rate, Tubman will become the first African-American to ever be bestowed the honor.
“Today, I’m excited to announce that for the first time in more than a century, the front of our currency will feature the portrait of a woman, Harriet Tubman, on the $20 note,” Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told reporters of the Associated Press during a conference call earlier today (April 20).
Best known as the Civil War hero who ushered slaves in the Southern states to freedom through the secret safe haven network known as the Underground Railroad, Tubman’s usurping of the nation’s seventh president Jackson on the $20 bill comes with a bit of irony: he was actually a slaveholder himself.
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Tubman’s placement will precede several other women and civil rights leaders who will be implemented onto the new currency designs. Woman suffrage freedom fighter Susan B. Anthony currently has a dollar coin with her image that was printed between 1979–1981 and 1999.
It was previously announced that a woman’s likeness would be replacing U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill but then the Hip Hop-influenced Broadway play Hamilton begin to rake in several awards, including the 2016 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, revitalizing the popularity of the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
Following the Harriet Tubman news, several members of the Hip Hop community took to social media to voice their tempered opinions.
UPDATE: New $20 bill will keep an image of Andrew Jackson on the back, with Harriet Tubman on the front of the bill. https://t.co/2Ge6AoWwdW
— NPR (@NPR) April 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/AZEALIABANKS/status/722869891502616577
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https://twitter.com/davidbanner/status/722892130973159425
RT @lalahhathaway: ??????? https://t.co/XQLbKfYlAx
— Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) April 20, 2016
Just withdrew 5k.. In Tubmans tho.
— Just Blaze (@JustBlaze) April 20, 2016
And Harriet Tubman about to be on more than 4/20's https://t.co/rcVuJAR63G
— KXNG CROOKED (@CrookedIntriago) April 20, 2016
1) I'm just reading the @USTreasury news now.
Thrilled about all of it.— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) April 20, 2016
@prophiphop@JohnGivez I'm bout to frame like 5 of them! Only time ill it's acceptable for me to love money.
— Lecrae (@lecrae) April 20, 2016
I'm doing my happy dance today! Harriet Tubman will be on the $20 dollar bill! If our Ancestors could see us now! https://t.co/eKyHCciN2V
— jurnee smollett (@jurneesmollett) April 20, 2016
?????? from now on I demand to be paid in $20's!!! ???
This is huuuuge. I think of the… https://t.co/IiPtSb5oBo
— Aldis Hodge (@AldisHodge) April 20, 2016
We honor you #HarrietTubman ????? https://t.co/dK73FHB3Fe
— Amirah Vann (@amirahvann) April 20, 2016
This is the funniest Harriet Tubman i have seen. Who did this? ?? pic.twitter.com/3MhpNLSuOl
— Kick (@MatthewKick) April 20, 2016
It's going to take 14 years to put Harriet on the $20? I've got a friend in Chesterfield Square who can print some off in an hour..
— Jackée Harry (@JackeeHarry) April 20, 2016
SO THE FEDERAL MAFIA CAN PUT Harriet Tubman on a Declining Paper Note, But Not put My Name on a Reparation Check. pic.twitter.com/vBfjenYOn2
— ULTIMATE JUSTICE (@LordLuminous) April 20, 2016
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEb1CMPuMGE/?taken-by=kutt_calhoun
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https://twitter.com/RicWilson/status/722893250307039233
I cannot think of an American hero more deserving of this honor than Harriet Tubman. https://t.co/GL64NPrOL1
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) April 20, 2016
A woman, a leader, and a freedom fighter. I can't think of a better choice for the $20 bill than Harriet Tubman: https://t.co/YcsZC4ZrKg -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 20, 2016
