April 23, 2016

Just two days after the official announcement that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch signed an agreementestablishing the celebrated abolitionist’s former home as a National Historical Park.

December 07, 2016

U.S. government officials say Treasury Secretary Jack Lew could release early images of redesigned $5, $10 and $20 bills in an effort to pressure the Trump Administration away from reversing their plans.

December 07, 2016

When Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced last month that Harriet Tubman would grace the next edition of the $20 bill, there was, of course, backlash. After all, this was a change (gasp) with even modest political implications. Cue the sound and the fury. 

April 26, 2016

On Wednesday, April 20, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew announced that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, on the $20 bill. The former slave and abolitionist is the first African-American, and the first woman in over a century, to be featured on the face of U.S. currency. The last female represented on U.S. notes was Martha Washington, who appeared on the $1 silver certificate from 1886 to 1957, when the certificates were discontinued.