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1 online resource (xxv, 395 pages) : illustrations |
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Open Media series |
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Open Media book.
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| Contents |
Symbolism matters -- Harriet Tubman represents solidarity, struggle, and genuine democracy -- Andrew Jackson's face is a meme for white supremacy -- The movement to transform the faces on U.S. currency -- The Tubman twenty : Black support and opposition -- Conservative hostility to the Tubman twenty -- Fear of a diverse America -- From 1619 to Covid-19, racism is a pre-existing condition -- The George Floyd catalyst -- Abolishing symbols of white supremacy -- Black voters matter -- Good trouble and a Harriet Tubman-inspired future |
| Summary |
"In Twenty Dollars and Change, political scientist Clarence Lusane, author of the acclaimed The Black History of the White House, writes from a basic premise: Racist historical narratives and pervasive social inequities are inextricably linked -- changing one can transform the other. Taking up the debate over the future of the twenty-dollar bill, Lusane uses the question of Harriet Tubman vs. Andrew Jackson as a lens through which to view the current state of our nation's ongoing reckoning with the legacies of slavery and foundational white supremacy. He places the struggle to confront unjust social conditions in direct connection with the push to transform our public symbols, making it plain that any choice of whose life deserves to be remembered and honored is a direct reflection of whose basic rights are deemed worthy of protection, and whose are not."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Dr. Clarence Lusane is an author, activist, scholar, and journalist. He is a Professor and former Chairman of Howard University's Department of Political Science. Lusane earned his B.A. in Communications from Wayne State University and both his Masters and Ph.D. from Howard University in Political Science. He's been a political consultant to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and a former Commissioner for the DC Commission on African American Affairs |
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Print version record |
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Paper money design -- United States -- History
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Dollar, American -- History
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African Americans in numismatics -- United States
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Politics in numismatics -- United States
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Racism -- United States
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African Americans in numismatics
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Dollar, American
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Paper money design
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Politics in numismatics
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Race relations
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Racism
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021045826 |
| ISBN |
9780872868595 |
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0872868591 |
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