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Should we put black civil rights and historical figures on our currency? Read first

Should we put black civil rights and historical figures on our currency? Read first

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Should we put black civil rights and historical figures on our currency? Fredrick Douglas, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Martian Luther King Jr and so on.

Before anyone says we only put presidents on our currency, Here are some examples-

Ben Franklin $100 and a .50 coin
Alexander Hamilton $10
Susan B Anthony $1
Sacagawea $1
Chief Onepapa: $5 silver certificate
Daniel Webster: $10 United States note
Lews & Clark: $10 United States Note
VP Thomas Hendricks: $10 Silver Certificate
Michael Hillegas, 1st US Treasurer: $10 Gold Certificate
Former Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch: $20 National Bank Note
Former Comptroller of the currency John J. Knox, $50 National Bank Note
Thomas Hart Benton, $100 Gold Certificate
Former Chief Justice John Marshall, $500 Federal Reserve Note
Various 1st ladies on $10 dollar gold coins
Booker T. Washinton .50 cent commemorative coin



I say yes. Their contributions to this country are just as important as the other people we put on our currency.PLus if we can put state symbols, animals and other things on our currency surely we can put black civil rights and other historical figures on our currency.
 
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Re: Should we put black civil rights and historical figures on our currency? Read fir

If anyone it would have to be MLK.
 
Re: Should we put black civil rights and historical figures on our currency? Read fir

Sure, I don't know why not. Who decides what goes on our currency?
 
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Currency can change just as easily as the national conversation can. You know, we've been talking about John Adams a lot more than we had since the generation or so since the man passed on. He was in many respects practically ignored by those that started to more purposefully adopt the more Southern, democratic, but small government leanings. So we really hammered Andrew Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, but always politely obscuring the presence of Adams. Well, that's been changing with how we are talking about John and that Southern white male democracy. The changing views of the white male southern democrats has been especially prevalent in matters of race, gender, and ethnicity.

In currency we've been slowly incorporating Susan B. Anthony, Sakakawea, and so on, but we're still somewhat hesitant to go much further. I think eventually we will.
 
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US currency is extremely ugly. I hope they change everything about it.
 
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I tend to oppose the government spending time on symbolic measures such as this, but if we were to change our currency, we should certainly get rid of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, and MLK seems like a great replacement. Voted 'yes.'
 
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Fiddytree said:
Currency can change just as easily as the national conversation can. You know, we've been talking about John Adams a lot more than we had since the generation or so since the man passed on. He was in many respects practically ignored by those that started to more purposefully adopt the more Southern, democratic, but small government leanings. So we really hammered Andrew Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, but always politely obscuring the presence of Adams. Well, that's been changing with how we are talking about John and that Southern white male democracy. The changing views of the white male southern democrats has been especially prevalent in matters of race, gender, and ethnicity.

In currency we've been slowly incorporating Susan B. Anthony, Sakakawea, and so on, but we're still somewhat hesitant to go much further. I think eventually we will.
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I'm not an historian, but I'm of the opinion that Adams only particularly noteworthy presidential achievement was having the good fortune of being elected during a period that's largely idealized. His actual policies and leadership seem rather uninspiring.

He was a mediocre president in a time of great ones.
 
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no...
 
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I think it's a good idea. Maybe a special run of quarters or nickels like they've done for the state symbols and the national parks.

Or maybe just redesign the coins completely every couple decades or so. There are a lot of people whose contributions to the country we could honor by putting them on currency.
 
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foadi said:
US currency is extremely ugly. I hope they change everything about it.
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If you mean strengthening its spending power, I agree with you.
 
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jamesrage said:
Should we put black civil rights and historical figures on our currency? Fredrick Douglas, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Martian Luther King Jr and so on.

Before anyone says we only put presidents on our currency, Here are some examples-

Ben Franklin $100 and a .50 coin
Alexander Hamilton $10
Susan B Anthony $1
Sacagawea $1
Chief Onepapa: $5 silver certificate
Daniel Webster: $10 United States note
Lews & Clark: $10 United States Note
VP Thomas Hendricks: $10 Silver Certificate
Michael Hillegas, 1st US Treasurer: $10 Gold Certificate
Former Treasury Secretary Hugh McCulloch: $20 National Bank Note
Former Comptroller of the currency John J. Knox, $50 National Bank Note
Thomas Hart Benton, $100 Gold Certificate
Former Chief Justice John Marshall, $500 Federal Reserve Note
Various 1st ladies on $10 dollar gold coins
Booker T. Washinton .50 cent commemorative coin



I say yes. Their contributions to this country are just as important as the other people we put on our currency.PLus if we can put state symbols, animals and other things on our currency surely we can put black civil rights and other historical figures on our currency.
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I had never thought about it before, but sure. I would have no issue with it.
 
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SocialDemocrat said:
I tend to oppose the government spending time on symbolic measures such as this, but if we were to change our currency, we should certainly get rid of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, and MLK seems like a great replacement. Voted 'yes.'
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I don't normally put much thought into who is on our currency. I mean, I know who and the history, but just consider it a mildly interesting thing, nothing more.

Having said that, I would favor eliminating Andrew Jackson. And while I am fine with putting a black person on something, in *this case* I'd prefer we put a Native American Indian to replace Jackson, as that would be a special poke in his eye (so to speak), given his history with them.
 
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molten_dragon said:
I think it's a good idea. Maybe a special run of quarters or nickels like they've done for the state symbols and the national parks.

Or maybe just redesign the coins completely every couple decades or so. There are a lot of people whose contributions to the country we could honor by putting them on currency.
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Our government, in their infinite wisdom and forethought, would put a black person on the penny... then discontinue the penny. Fueling conspiracy speculation and giving people like Al Sharpton another soapbox, of course.

And it would be totally unintentional, but that wouldn't matter.
 
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I like variety and would like to see all manner of folks, animals and scenery on our currency. US History, and interest in it, would be enhanced by such a move.
 
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ttwtt78640 said:
I like variety and would like to see all manner of folks, animals and scenery on our currency. US History, and interest in it, would be enhanced by such a move.
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I want to see George Takei on a new $3 bill.
 
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I voted yes. Personally, I'd vote for MLK and Harriet Tubman.
 
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foadi said:
US currency is extremely ugly. I hope they change everything about it.
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Agreed. Went to the UK recently and their currency is colorful and different shapes and sizes. I even liked their 1 pound coin. It was heavier and thicker than the other coins so you knew just by feel, what it was.
 
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radcen said:
I want to see George Takei on a new $3 bill.
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Maybe it's just me, but I absolutely dont care who is on our currency, nor their skin color.
 
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lizzie said:
Maybe it's just me, but I absolutely dont care who is on our currency, nor their skin color.
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I care who, just not what color they are. Well, unless they are green or gray.

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countryboy said:
I care who, just not what color they are. Well, unless they are green or gray.

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I dont even care who. They could put an anonymous john doe on the currency, and it would make no difference to me, as long as it was legal currency for exchange.
 
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lizzie said:
I dont even care who. They could put an anonymous john doe on the currency, and it would make no difference to me, as long as it was legal currency for exchange.
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Obama? Clinton? G.W. Bush? Oprah? Al Sharptongue? :mrgreen:
 
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