Trump Honors Abolitionists by Removing Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Susan B. Anthony From Coin

Donald Trump announced this week that a commemorative coin originally proposed to honor Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Susan B. Anthony would instead feature his own likeness, explaining that history works better when it has a clear focal point.

Douglass, who escaped slavery and spent decades dismantling the moral logic of white supremacy, Tubma…