20 and Change: Harriet Tubman, George Floyd, and the Struggle for - Harriet Tubman Vs. Andrew Jackson, and the Future of American

•President Biden is committed to featuring Harriet Tubman's visage on the $20 bill, and Congresspeople on both sides of the aisle are putting pressure on him to follow through.
•Lusane is a seasoned public speaker  sought out by A-list media outlets such as NPR, PBS, CNN, and MSNBC.
•Lusane will write op-eds for major national papers & websites. His latest on the life of Colin Powell was just published in the Washington Post.
•2022 is the 200th birthyear of Harriet Tubman, and we'll insert the author into the media coverage.
•This book is unique in discussing  the overlap of Harriet Tubman and Andrew Jackson's lives, and the ways in which each of them defined the character of 19th century America.
•Special illustrated section includes  prototypes of the "Tubman Twenty," and historical images from the Library of Congress.
•This book will appeal to the millions of supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement, and more generally to trade and academic readers who follow emerging trends in social and racial justice education and organizing.
•Will pursue events at independent bookstore and libraries, The National Museum of African American History and Culture (DC), The Harriet Tubman Museum & Education Center (MD), and elsewhere.  Requests are welcomed!

List of contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Kali Holloway
Preface
Introduction
I. TWENTY DOLLARS
One: Symbolism Matters
Two: Harriet Tubman Represents Solidarity, Struggle, and Genuine Democracy
Three: Andrew Jackson’s Face Is a Meme for White Supremacy
Four: The Movement to Transform the Faces on U.S. Currency
Five: The Tubman Twenty—Black Support and Opposition
Six: Conservative Hostility to the Tubman Twenty
II. AND CHANGE
Seven: Fear of a Diverse America
Eight: From 1619 to Covid-19, Racism is a Pre-existing Condition
Nine: The George Floyd Catalyst
Ten: Abolishing Symbols of White Supremacy
Eleven: Black Voters Matter
Conclusion: Good Trouble and a Harriet Tubman–Inspired Future
Acknowledgments

Bibliography
Endnotes
Index

About the Author

About the author

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. He frequently appears on MSNBC and C-SPAN, and was invited by the Obamas to speak at the White House. Author of many books, including The Black History of the White House, Lusane lives and works in the Washington, DC area.
Kali Holloway is a monthly columnist for both The Nation and The Daily Beast. She is the former director of the "Make it Right Project," a national initiative dedicated to taking down Confederate monuments and telling the truth about history. She is lead vocalist for the band "Easy Lover" and is currently working on her first book, The Secret Racist History of Everything.

Summary

Twenty Dollars and Change places Harriet Tubman’s life and legacy in a long tradition of resistance, illuminating the ongoing struggle to realize a democracy in which her emancipatory vision prevails.
America is in the throes of a historic reckoning with racism, with the battle for control over official narratives at ground zero. Across the country, politicians, city councils, and school boards are engaged in a highly polarized debate about whose accomplishments should be recognized, and whose point of view should be included in the telling of America’s history.
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.
"Engaging and insightful, Twenty Dollars and Change illuminates the grassroots effort to have our national currency reflect the diversity of America and all of its citizens—those ordinary and extraordinary people who have stood up and demanded freedom, equality and justice. A must read!"—Kate Clifford Larson, author of Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero

Foreword

•15,000 copy initial print run
•Co-op available
•Galleys available
•National tv and radio campaign to include PBS, MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, late night programs including The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and NPR and their affiliates, plus community radio stations around the country.
•National print campaign includes pursuit of reviews and features in the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New Republic, Time, Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair among others, with a focus on media located in MD, DC and NY, areas where Harriet Tubman lived and worked, as well as Washington DC, where author Clarence Lusane is located.
•Pursuing excerpts in Harper’s, The Atlantic, on LitHub and elsewhere.  
•Online/social media campaign includes The Root, Well Read Black Girl, The Undefeated, History Channel website, among others. Book promoted on City Lights Social Media: Instagram (47.2 followers); Twitter (135.8K Followers);  Facebook (Over 55,000 fans); City Lights Newsletter (17,000 subscribers)
•General tour info: 10 city national tour and open to event requests from booksellers and librarians.
•Bookseller/Library promotions: We’re pursuing IndieNext  nominations and are open to other bookseller and library promotions that are appropriate for the book.
•We'll produce "$20 dollar bill" bookmarks with Tubman's likeness for promotion.
• Endorsements: Pursuing Jelani Cobb, Michael Dyson, Karen Bass, Annette Gordon-Reed, Kimberle Crenshaw, Dorothy Wickenden, Theo Horesh, Jonathan Metzl, Heather McGhee, Deirdre Sinnott, Paul Stewart, Karen L Cox, Kali Holloway, Alicia Garza, Tamika Mallory, Loretta Ross, adrienne marie brown, Johanna Fernandez, Derecka Purnell, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, Jill Lepore, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates, Mumia Abu-Jamal, George Lipsitz, Marc Lamont Hill, Maya Wiley, & Barbara Ransby.

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PRAISE FOR CLARENCE LUSANE's Twenty Dollars and Change:

"Clarence Lusane has been a respected scholar activist and keen observer of the Black Freedom Movement for many decades now. His new book, Twenty Dollars and Change, offers powerful analyses of race and U.S. history and our present crucible moment. Writing from what he terms a “Tubman, liberationist, perspective” he delivers powerful and provocative insights that must be engaged seriously. A must read."—Barbara Ransby, author of Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century 

"In this trailblazing study, Dr. Lusane argues that racism in official narratives reflects racism in everyday life, including medicine, policing, protest, and voting. Replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the twenty-dollar bill parallels intergenerational struggles to replace racism and sexism with political and social equality. Urgent and inspiring, Twenty Dollars and Change should compel the U.S. Treasury to make real our core value of equality for all with currency images that honor the contributions and humanity of African Americans, Native Americans, women, and all marginalized people of this country. Dr. Lusane sees Tubman as a Founding Mother of American democracy yet to come, and offers a persuasive case why we need to work together to make her vision a reality."—Barbara Ortiz Howard, Founder of "Women On 20s"

PRAISE FOR CLARENCE LUSANE:
"Clarence Lusane is one of America's most thoughtful and critical-thinkers on issues of race, class, and power." — Manning Marable, author of Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
"Lusane analyzes Black people, issues, power, and leadership with insight and passion."—Julianne Malveaux, author of Are We Better Off? Race, Obama and Public Policy

PRAISE FOR CLARENCE LUSANE’S THE BLACK HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE
" Clarence Lusane traces the path of race relations in America by telling a very specific history—the stories of those African-Americans who built, worked at and visited the White House."—Mary Louise Kelly, Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio
"Those who think they know their presidents may be in for surprises in Clarence Lusane’s fascinating social history."—USA Today
"In illuminating the central role Blacks played in this country’s history, Lusane charts the course of race relations in the United States."—The Philadelphia Tribune
" Lusane’s effort is much more than a catchy title or revisionist tome: it’s an eye-opening tribute and a provocative reminder of the many narratives that have gone untold."—Publishers Weekly
"In this fascinating history of all the enslaved people, workers, and entertainers who spent time in the president’s official residence over the years, Clarence Lusane restores the White House to its true colors."—Barbara Ehrenreich

Product details

• Authors: Clarence Lusane
• Assisted by: Kali Holloway (Foreword)
• Publisher: City Light Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 22.11.2022, delayed
• EAN: 9780872868854
• ISBN: 978-0-87286-885-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy, Ethnic groups & multicultural studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations