Andrew Jackson Gets a Second Look After a $20 Misunderstanding  Suzanne Fields Apr 29, 2016

The inquiring mind of a young friend of mine, a junior at a Washington high school, wants to know: "What's the meaning of moving Andrew Jackson to the back of the $20 bill?" He doesn't discount the achievements of Harriet Tubman, who is celebrated in classrooms from kindergarten on. "Everyone knows she was a courageous woman who conducted the underground railway to save slaves," he says, "but it's an uneven exchange and a distortion of history to move her to the front of the $20 bill and move Andrew Jackson to the back."

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