Few may remember the rather juvenile comments objecting to the announcement on April 20, 2016 by the Department of the U.S. Treasury that Harriet Tubman (ca. 1822–1913) would front the new $20 currency, set to debut in 2020. Apart from the conservative protests of "political correctness"—led by then Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trumpov, who has

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Angela Davis. Black Panther Party. Angela was a member of the CPUSA, though she gained notoriety through her association with George Jackson and the Panthers.

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