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Re: Should we put black civil rights and historical figures on our currency? Read fir
Wasn't Booker T. black? Anyway, I said maybe. Blacks should be on 14% of our currency but I cannot decide if that is currency total in circulation or just 14% of the types of currency available. I will have to think on it awhile.
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.
Wasn't Booker T. black? Anyway, I said maybe. Blacks should be on 14% of our currency but I cannot decide if that is currency total in circulation or just 14% of the types of currency available. I will have to think on it awhile.