~ ROSA PARKS, American Civil Rights Leader & the U.S. $20.00 BILL ~ [View all]

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THE WASHINGTON POST

by Abby Ohlheiser
April 16, 2015

"WHY A US SENATOR IS TRYING TO PUT A WOMAN'S FACE ON THE $20 BILL"

A months-long push to change the portrait on the $20 bill from ANDREW JACKSON to that of an important woman from American History became a bill in the Senate this week. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) who introduced the measure, told the Washington Post that she believes the change, if implemented would help to remind people how much we have benefited from so many men and women throughout American history.

more at the link...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/04/16/why-a-u-s-senator-is-trying-to-put-a-womans-face-on-the-20-bill/

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~ROSA PARKS

(1913-2005) Tuskegee, Alabama born African American activist in the Montgomery, AL Bus Boycott of 1955 and courageous, determined American pioneer of the Civil Rights movement who once said,
"The only tired I was, was tired of giving in".





More BIO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks



-Arrest photo after Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, AL in 1955