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June 25, 2019

Treasury Will Review Trump Admin Delay to Harriet Tubman $20 Bill Redesign
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The Treasury Department's internal watchdog said it will look into why a
previously agreed-to redesign of the $20 bill featuring abolitionist
leader Harriet Tubman will not be unveiled next year. Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin came under fire after announcing last month that he was
delaying plans to replace Andrew Jackson's portrait on the $20 bill with
Tubman. Under a 2016 Obama initiative, Tubman was originally scheduled
to replace slaveholder Andrew Jackson by 2020-the 100th anniversary of
women being granted the right to vote. Harriet Tubman would be the first
woman in over a century and the first African American to appear on the
front of a U.S. banknote.


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