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12775523, Rosa Parks finalist in $20-bill campaign (swipe)
Posted by 2.tears.in.a.bucket, Wed Apr-08-15 01:35 PM
that'd be dope, right?

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2015/04/07/rosa-parks-finalist-bill-campaign/25436855/

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Rosa Parks, the mother of the civil rights movement, could be the face of the nation's new $20 bill.

She's among the top four finalists in a grassroots voting campaign aimed at convincing the U.S. Treasury Department to put a woman on new $20 bills.

"There are so few reminders in our everyday lives of great women who've contributed to the shaping of our nation," said Susan Ades Stone, executive director of the nonprofit movement called Women on 20s. "It's time to correct that and putting a woman on a $20 is like having a little pocket monument."

The group plans to present results of final balloting to the U.S. Department of Treasury to encourage the department to issue new 20s with a woman's face in 2020 to mark the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote.

The first round of balloting began in March — Women's history month — and ended Sunday. That initial field of 15 was narrowed to four from votes e-mailed from across the U.S. (Cherokee nation chief Wilma Mankiller was added to the group later because of popular demand.)

The final four, in addition to Parks, are abolitionist Harriet Tubman, human rights advocate and former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mankiller.


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Imagine Sojourner Truth on a $20 bill

"While only four candidates will move on to the next round, every one of the 15 candidates came out a winner because people of all ages across the country took the time to get to know them and pay them homage with their votes," Ades Stone said in a news release Monday.

A definitive end date for voting has not been set, but it will be within the next few weeks, Ades Stone said.

People can vote on the website womenon20s.org.

Their slogan is "A Woman's Place is On the Money."

Contact Cassandra Spratling: cspratling@freepress.com or 313-223-4580. Follow her on Twitter @cassprat.

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12775527, For a Black Woman to get on our money would be HUGE
Posted by spades, Wed Apr-08-15 01:40 PM
Also, it's really cool that they're getting rid of Jackson - he was a horrible, horrible human being.
12775568, except they're not getting rid of jackson
Posted by Rjcc, Wed Apr-08-15 02:03 PM
this is not the treasury

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at
12775532, Harriet Tubman is my pick.
Posted by SoWhat, Wed Apr-08-15 01:43 PM
i'd rather see her.

but Rosa Parks would be fine too.

12775559, that would be fucn cool
Posted by astralblak, Wed Apr-08-15 02:01 PM
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12775562, agreed - but y'know anything evoking slavery will get downvoted
Posted by 2.tears.in.a.bucket, Wed Apr-08-15 02:02 PM
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12775748, Absolutely.
Posted by Case_One, Wed Apr-08-15 04:01 PM

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"And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." ~ 2 Tim 2:4
12775545, dolla dolla bill y'all
Posted by b.Touch, Wed Apr-08-15 01:51 PM
12775549, Who or what is Mankiller that was mentioned in the article?
Posted by Numba_33, Wed Apr-08-15 01:54 PM
12775551, I've been googling her since. Her name alone gets her points.
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Apr-08-15 01:56 PM

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson


"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're
12775571, That last sentence in the article was poorly written because
Posted by Numba_33, Wed Apr-08-15 02:05 PM
it didn't include her first name. I thought it was either a typo or a type of gun or warship or some other type of inanimate object.
12775553, I'd lose my mind if Rosa Parks gets it. For Good Reasons. GOPers
Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Apr-08-15 01:57 PM
would lose their minds. For bad reasons.


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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson


"One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're
12775564, on a scale of zero to Civil War II
Posted by astralblak, Wed Apr-08-15 02:02 PM
how mad middle American White People be if this really happened

and how ridiculous will MRA activist be if any woman ends up on the dub
12775574, Alternate Headline: Thing That Isn't Going To Happen Gets Suggested
Posted by KosherSam, Wed Apr-08-15 02:09 PM
film at 11
12775736, I don't associate money with honorable people
Posted by Atillah Moor, Wed Apr-08-15 03:53 PM
12775747, I hope it's not that picture.
Posted by Case_One, Wed Apr-08-15 04:01 PM

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"And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." ~ 2 Tim 2:4