The U.S. Treasury announced Wednesday that Harriet Tubman, a black woman who led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, will replace Andrew Jackson, a white former president who killed or displaced thousands of Native Americans, on the $20 bill.
Here are some of the best responses from Twitter users:
Some made the most of evocative imagery.
When you're racist but the ATM will only give you bills with Harriet Tubman on thempic.twitter.com/aiI8Yb4MGa
s/o to Harriet finally getting on the $20.pic.twitter.com/HAxkmRfYz1
Bank teller: "How would you like this back?" Me: "All Tubmans"pic.twitter.com/bnomuYfQLy
live shot of men's rights activists hearing the harriet tubman newshttps://vine.co/v/eIp93ZBYUAb
Harriet Tubman will be on the new 20 dollar bill.pic.twitter.com/SRU8dcz4d1
Others pondered what this news meant for the future.
i cant wait to see the impact that having harriet tubman on the 20 is going to have on rap music
kinda cool that textbooks will have harriet tubman getting on the $20 in the same chapter as emperor trump starting the great war
Some looked back at the past.
The progress of being featured on the currency that was once used to purchase you and your relatives. Just, go head, Harriet Tubman.
Others felt outright complicated about the whole thing.
It's complicated, putting a woman who freed slaves onto American currency. I do wonder what Harriet Tubman would have thought about that.
Wonder how many Harriet Tubmans you would've needed to buy a Harriet Tubman in 1855
Plenty had jokes.
i cannot wait to bathe in the forthcoming tsunami of well-meaning, carefully-crafted anti-harriet tubman takes from concerned white patriots
I will NOT be using the Harriet Tubman $20 bill because I'd NEVER place a numerical value on a black woman. Also I be broke.
anyone who is mad about Harriet Tubman being on the twenty is welcome to give me all of their twenties.
But at the end of the day, one thing seemed certain.
Harriet Tubman. Bout time
