Public Seminar: Jackson Does Not Belong Anywhere on the Twenty

On Public Seminar  this week, Daniel Walker Howe explains why Jackson’s image on the twenty dollar bill is inappropriate.

I gladly welcomed the recent news that Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the face of the US twenty-dollar bill. At first I believed — like many Americans, I think — that Jackson would be expunged altogether. So I felt sorry to learn that the bills will continue to feature “Old Hickory” on their backside.

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